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but the wind seeming to incline upon the shore, I 

 tacked and stood off to the southward. We had 

 now sailed round the land which we had discovered 

 on the 5th, and which then did not appear to be 

 joined to the main which lay north of it ; and being 

 now come to the other side of what we supposed to 

 be water, a bay, or low land, it had the same appear- 

 ance, but when I came to lay it down upon paper I 

 saw no reason to suppose it to be an island ; on the 

 contrary, I was clearly of opinion that it made part 

 of the main. At noon, the western extremity of the 

 main bore N. 59 W., and the island which we had 

 seen in the morning S. 59 W. distant about five 

 leagues. It lies in latitude 46 3V S. longitude 

 19^ 49' W., and is nothing but a barren rock about 

 a mile in circuit, remarkably high, and lies full five 

 leagues distant from the main. This island I named 

 after Dr. Solander, and called it Solander's Island. 

 The shore of the main lies nearest E. by S. and W. 

 by N. and forms a large open bay, in which there is 

 no appearance of any harbour or shelter for ship- 

 ping against S. W. and southerly winds : the surface 

 of the country is broken into craggy hills, of a great 

 height, on the summits of which are several patches 

 of snow : it is not, however, wholly barren, for we 

 could see wood not only in the valleys, but upon the 

 highest ground, yet we saw no appearance of its being 

 inhabited. 



We continued to stand to the S. W. by S. till 

 eleven o'clock the next morning, when the wind 

 shifted to the S. W. by W., upon which we wore, 

 and stood to the N. N. W., being then in latitude 

 47 40' S. longitude 193 50' W., and having a hollow 

 sea from the S. W. 



During the night, we steered N. N. W. till six 

 in the morning, when, seeing no land, we steered 

 N. by E. till eight, when we steered N. E. by E. $ E. 

 to make the land, which at ten we saw bearing 

 E. N. E., but it being hazy, we could distinguish 



