372 cook's VOYAGE TO JUNE, 



the island of St. Hermogenes bearing north, 20 E., 

 and the southernmost land in sight, south. 



In standing in for this coast, we crossed the mouth 

 of Whitsuntide Bay, and saw land all round the bot- 

 tom of it ; so that either the land is connected, or else 

 the points lock in, one behind another. I am more 

 inclined to think, that the former is the case ; and 

 that the land, east of the bay, is a part of the conti- 

 nent. Some small islands lie on the west of the bay. 

 The sea-coast to the southward of it is rather low, 

 with projecting rocky points, between which are small 

 bays or inlets. There was no wood, and but little snow 

 upon the coast ; but the mountains, which lie at some 

 distance inland, were wholly covered with the latter. 

 We stood off till noon ; then tacked, and stood in for 

 the land. The latitude, at this time, was 57 52'; 

 Cape St. Hermogenes bore north, 30 W. eight leagues 

 distant, and the southernmost part of the coast in sight, 

 the same that was seen before, bore south-west, ten 

 leagues distant. The land here forms a point, 

 which was named Cape Greville. It lies in the lati- 

 tude of 57 33; and in the longitude of 207 15"; 

 and is distant fifteen leagues from Cape St. Hermo- 

 genes, in the direction of south, 17 W. 



The three following days, we had almost constant 

 misty weather, with drizzling rain ; so that we seldom 

 had a sight of the coast. The wind was south-east 

 by south, and south south-east, a gentle breeze, and 

 the air raw and cold. With this wind and weather, 

 we continued to ply up the coast, making boards of 

 six or eight leagues each. The depth of water was 

 from thirty to fifty-five fathoms, over a coarse, black 

 sandy bottom. 



The fog clearing up, with the change of the wind 

 to south-west, in the evening of the 12th, we had a 

 sight of the land bearing west, twelve leagues distant. 

 We stood in for it early next morning. At noon we 

 were not above three miles from it; an elevated 

 point, which obtained the name of Cape Barnabas, 



