20 cook's first voyage march, 



till four in the morning, when we again made sail, 

 and at break of day we saw low land extending from 

 the point to the S. S. E. as far as the eye could reach, 

 the eastern extremity of which appeared in round 

 hillocks : by this time the gale had veered to the 

 eastward, which obliged us to ply to windward. At 

 noon next day, the eastern point bore S. W. by S. 

 distant sixteen miles, and our latitude was 40 19' : 

 the wind continuing easterly, we were nearly in 

 the same situation at noon on the day following. 

 About three o'clock the wind came to the west- 

 ward, and we steered E. S. E. with all the sail we 

 could set till it was dark, and then shortened sail till 

 the morning : as we had thick hazy weather all 

 night, we kept sounding continually, and had from 

 thirty-seven to forty-two fathom. When the day 

 broke we saw land bearing S. E. by E. and an island 

 lying near it, bearing E. S. E. distant about five 

 leagues : this island I knew to be the same that I had 

 seen from the entrance of Queen Charlotte's Sound, 

 from which it bears N. W. by N. distant nine leagues. 

 At noon, it bore south, distant four or five miles, and 

 the north-west head of the sound S. E. by S. distant 

 ten leagues and a half. Our latitude, by observ- 

 ation, was 40 33' S. 



As we had now circumnavigated the whole coun- 

 try, it became necessary to think of quitting it ; but 

 as I had thirty tons of empty water casks on board, 

 this could not be done till I had filled them : I there- 

 fore hauled round the island, and entered a bay, 

 which lies between that and Queen Charlotte's 

 Sound, leaving three more islands, which lay close 

 under the western shore, between three or four miles 

 within the entrance, on our starboard hand : while 

 we were running in, we kept the lead continually 

 going, and had from forty to twelve fathom. At six 

 o'clock in the evening, we anchored in eleven fa- 

 thom with a muddy bottom, under the west shore, 

 in the second cove, that lies within three islands ; 



