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It appeared to be barren, and without inhabitants ; 

 at least we saw none ; nor did we see so many birds 

 about it as when we first discovered it. But we saw 

 some sea- otters, an animal which we had not met with 

 to the north of this latitude. Four leagues from 

 Cape Upright, in the direction of S., 72 W., lies a 

 small island, whose elevated summit terminates in 

 several pinnacle rocks. On this account it was named 

 Pinnacle Island. At two in the afternoon, after 

 passing Cape Upright, I steered S. E. by S., for Sam- 

 ganoodha, with a gentle breeze at N. N. W., being 

 resolved to spend no more time in searching for a 

 harbour amongst islands, which I now began to sus- 

 pect had no existence; at least not in the latitude and 

 longitude where modern map-makers have thought 

 proper to place them. In the evening of the 24th, 

 the wind veered to S. W. and S., and increased to a 

 fresh gale. 



We continued to stretch to the eastward till eight 

 o'clock in the morning of the 25th, when, in the 

 latitude of 58 32', and in the longitude of 191 10', 

 we tacked and stood to the west ; and soon after, the 

 gale increasing, we were reduced to two courses, 

 and close-reefed main top-sails. Not long after, the 

 Resolution sprung a leak, under the starboard but- 

 tock, which filled the spirit-room with water, before 

 it was discovered ; and it was so considerable as to 

 keep one pump constantly employed. We durst not 

 put the ship upon the other tack, for fear of getting 

 upon the shoals that lie to the north-west of Cape 

 Newenham ; but continued standing to the west till 

 six in the evening of the 26th, when we wore and 

 stood to the eastward, and then the leak no longer 

 troubled us. This proved that it was above the water 

 line, which was no small satisfaction. The gale was 

 now over ; but the wind remained at S. and S. W. for 

 some days longer. 



At length, on the 2d of October, at day-break, 



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