SSt cook's VOYAGE TO JUNE, 



from N.E. by E. to S.W. by W., i W., the nearest 

 part about four leagues distant. The land to the 

 S.W. proved to be islands, the same that had been 

 seen the preceding evening ; but the other was a 

 continuation of the continent, without any islands to 

 obstruct our view of it. In the evening, being about 

 four leagues from the shore, in forty-two fathoms 

 water, having little or no wind, we had recourse to 

 our hooks and lines, but only two or three small cod 

 were caught. 



The next morning, we got a breeze easterly, and, 

 what was uncommon with this wind, clear weather, 

 so that we not only saw the volcano, but other moun- 

 tains both to the E. and W. of it, and all the coast of 

 the main land under them, much plainer than at any 

 time before. It extended from N.E. by N., toN. W. 

 J W., where it seemed to terminate. Between this 

 point and the islands without it, there appeared a 

 large opening, for which I steered, till we raised 

 land beyond it. This land, although we did not per- 

 ceive that it joined the continent, made a passage 

 through the opening very doubtful. It also made it 

 doubtful whether the land which we saw to the S.W. 

 was insular or continental ; and, if the latter, it was 

 obvious that the opening would be a deep bay or 

 inlet, from which, if once we entered it with an 

 easterly wind, it would not be so easy to get out. 

 Not caring, therefore, to trust too much to appear- 

 ances, I steered to the southward. Having thus 

 got without all the land in sight, I then steered W., 

 in which direction the islands lav, for such we found 

 this land to be. 



By eight o'clock we had passed three of them, all 

 of a good height. More of them were now seen to 

 the westward, the south-westernmost part of them 

 bearing W. N. W. The weather in the afternoon 

 became gloomy, and at length turned to a mist, and 

 the wind blew fresh at E. I therefore, at ten at 



