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COOK S FIRST VOYAGE 



MAY, 



18' S., which was fifteen miles to the southward of 

 that given by the log ; our longitude 206 58' W. 

 In the afternoon, we stood in for the land, where we 

 saw smoke in several places, till six in the evening, 

 when, being within three or four miles of it, and in 

 twenty-four fathom of water, we stood off with a 

 fresh breeze at N. and N. N. W. till midnight, when 

 we had 118 fathom, at the distance of eight leagues 

 from the land, and then tacked. At three in the 

 morning, the wind veered to the westward, when we 

 tacked and stood to the northward. At noon, our 

 latitude, by observation, was 30 43' S., and our lon- 

 gitude 206 45" W. At this time we were between 

 three and four leagues from the shore, the norther- 

 most part of which bore from us N. 13 W. and a 

 point, or head-land, on which we saw fires that pro- 

 duced a great quantity of smoke, bore W., distant 

 four leagues. To this point I gave the name of 

 Smokey Cape : it is of a considerable height, and 

 over the pitch of the point is a round hillock ; 

 within it are two others, much higher and larger, 

 and within them the land is very low. Our latitude 

 was 30 31' S., longitude 206 54' W. : this day the 

 observed latitude was only five miles south of the 

 log. We saw smoke in several parts along the coast, 

 besides that seen upon Smokey Cape. 



In the afternoon, the wind being at N.E., we stood 

 off and on, and at three or four miles distance from 

 the shore had thirty fathom water : the wind after- 

 wards coming cross off land, we stood to the north- 

 ward, having from thirty to twenty-one fathom, at 

 the distance of four or five miles from the shore. 



At five in the morning, the wind veered to the 

 north, and blew fresh, attended with squalls: at eight 

 it began to thunder and rain, and in about an hour it 

 fell calm, which gave us an opportunity to sound, 

 and we had eighty-six fathom at between four and 

 five leagues from the shore. Soon after this we had 

 a gale from the southward, with which we steered 



