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not stand to the north to join or look for the Dis- 

 covery. At noon we were, by observation, in the 

 latitude of 19 55\ and in the longitude of c 205 3'; 

 the S. E. point of the island bore S. by E. a quarter 

 E., six leagues distant ; the other extreme bore N., 

 60 6 W. ; and we were two leagues from the nearest 

 shore. At six in the evening, the southernmost ex- 

 treme of the island bore S. W., the nearest shore 

 seven or eight miles distant ; so that we had now suc- 

 ceeded in getting to the windward of the island, 

 which we had aimed at with so much perseverance. 



The Discovery, however, was not yet to be seen. 

 But the wind, as we had it, being very favourable for 

 her to follow us, I concluded that it would not be 

 long before she joined us. I therefore kept cruising 

 oft* this south-east point of the island, which lies in 

 the latitude of 19 34/, and in the longitude of 205 6', 

 till I was satisfied that Captain Gierke could not join 

 me here. I now conjectured that he had not been 

 able to weather the north-east part of the island, and 

 had gone to leeward in order to meet me that way. 



As I generally kept from five to ten leagues from 

 the land, no canoes, except one, came off to us till 

 the 28th, when we were visited by a dozen or four- 

 teen. The people who conducted them brought, as 

 usual, the produce of the island. I was very sorry 

 that they had taken the trouble to come so far. For 

 we could not trade with them, our old stock not being 

 as yet consumed ; and we had found, by late expe- 

 rience, that the hogs could not be kept alive, nor 

 the roots preserved from putrefaction, many days. 

 However, I intended not to leave this part of the 

 island before I got a supply ; as it would not be 

 easy to return to it again, in case it should be found 

 necessary. 



We began to be in want on the 30th ; and I would 

 have stood in near the shore, but was prevented by 

 a calm ; but a breeze springing up, at midnight, from 

 S. and S. W., we were enabled to stand in for the 



