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superiority and compassion, shook his head, and said, 

 that they were Taata Enos, " poor wretches." I 

 measured the perpendicular height of the last tide, 

 and found it to be eight feet above low water-mark ; 

 and from the time of low water this day, I found that 

 it must be high-water at the full and change of the 

 moon at eight o'clock. 



At four o'clock in the morning we weighed, and 

 with a gentle breeze at south made sail out of the 

 bay. In standing out, our soundings were from five 

 to fifteen fathom ; and at daylight, when we were in 

 the greatest depth, and abreast of the north head of 

 the bay, we discovered breakers stretching out from 

 it N. N. E. between two and three miles, with a 

 rock at the outermost point of them, just above 

 water. While we were passing these rocks, at the 

 distance of about half a mile, we had from fifteen to 

 twenty fathom, and as soon as we had passed them, 

 we hauled along shore W. N. W. for the farthest 

 land we had in sight. At noon our latitude, by 

 observation, was 2S 5 C 2' S. ; the north part of Bus- 

 tard Bay bore S. 62 E., distant ten miles, and the 

 northernmost land in sight N. 60 W. ; the longitude 

 was 208 37', and our distance from the nearest shore 

 six miles, with fourteen fathom water. 



Till five in the afternoon it was calm, but after- 

 wards we steered before the wind N. W. as the land 

 lay till ten at night, and then brought to, having 

 had all along fourteen and fifteen fathom. At five 

 in the morning we made sail ; and at daylight the 

 northernmost point of the main bore N. 70 W. Soon 

 after we saw more land, making like islands, and 

 bearing N. W. by N. At nine we were abreast of 

 the point, at the distance of one mile, with fourteen 

 fathom water. This point I found to lie directly 

 under the tropic of Capricorn ; and for that reason 

 I called it Cape Capricorn : its longitude is 208 58 / 

 W. : it is of a considerable height, looks white and 

 barren, and may be known by some islands which 



