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which I conjectured that there must he a sufficient 

 depth of water within it. At a little distance within 

 land, we saw smoke in several places ; and at half 

 an hour past five, the northermost land in sight hore 

 N. 86 E. and Point Stephens S. W., distant four 

 leagues. Our soundings in the night were from forty- 

 eight to sixty-two fathom, at the distance of between 

 three and four leagues from the shore, which made 

 in two hillocks. This Point I called Cape Hawke : 

 it lies in the latitude of 32 14/ S., longitude 

 207 30' W. ; and at four o'clock in the morning 

 bore W., distant about eight miles ; at the same time 

 the northermost land in sight bore N. 6 E. and ap- 

 peared like an island. At noon, this land bore N. 

 8 E., the northermost land in sight N. 13 E., and 

 Cape Hawke S. 3? W. Our latitude, by observ- 

 ation, was 32 2' S. which was twelve miles to the 

 southward of that given by the log ; so that proba- 

 bly we had a current setting that way : by the morn- 

 ing amplitude and azimuth, the variation was 9 10" 

 E. During our run along the shore, in the after- 

 noon, we saw smoke in several places, at a little 

 distance from the beach, and one upon the top of a 

 hill, which was the first we had seen upon elevated 

 ground since our arrival upon the coast. At sun- 

 set, we had twenty-three fathom, at the distance of 

 a league and a half from the shore : the northermost 

 land then bore N. 13 E., and three hills, remarkably 

 large and high, lying contiguous to each other, and 

 not far from the beach, N. N. W. As these hills 

 bore some resemblance to each other, we called them 

 The Three Brothers. They lie in latitude 31 40', 

 and may be seen fourteen or sixteen leagues. We 

 steered N. E. by N. all night, having from twenty- 

 seven to sixty-seven fathom, at the distance of be- 

 tween two and six leagues from the shore. 



At day-break, we steered north, for the norther- 

 most land in sight. At noon, we were four leagues 

 from the shore, and, by observation, in latitude 31 



