124 cook's FIRST VOYAGE JUNE, 



vantage of a light moon. At six, we were abreast 

 of a point of land which lies N. by W. % W., distant 

 eleven miles from Point Hillock, which I named 

 Cape Sandwich. Between these two points, the 

 land is very high, and the surface is craggy and 

 barren. Cape Sandwich may be known not only by 

 the high craggy land over it, but by a small island 

 which lies east of it, at the distance of a mile, and 

 some others that lie about two leagues to the north- 

 ward. From Cape Sandwich the land trends W. 

 and afterwards N., forming a fine large bay, which I 

 called Rockingham Bay, where there appears to be 

 good shelter, and good anchorage, but I did not 

 stay to examine it : 1 kept ranging along the shore 

 to the northward, for a cluster of small islands, 

 which lie off the northern point of the bay. Be- 

 tween the three outermost of these islands, and those 

 near the shore, I found a channel of about a mile broad, 

 through which I passed, and upon one of the nearest 

 islands, we saw with our glasses about thirty of the 

 natives, men, women, and children, all standing to- 

 gether, and looking with great attention at the ship j 

 the first instance of curiosity that we had seen among 

 them : they were all stark naked, with short hair, 

 and of the same complexion with those that we had 

 seen before. At noon, our latitude, by observation, 

 was 17 59', and we were abreast of the north point 

 of Rockingham Bay, which bore from us W., at the 

 distance of about two miles. This boundary of the 

 bay is formed by an island of considerable height, 

 which in the chart is distinguished by the name of 

 Dunk Isle, and which lies so near the shore as not 

 to be easily distinguished from it. Our longitude 

 was 213 57' W. Cape Sandwich bore S. by E. E. 

 distant nineteen miles, and the northermost land in 

 sight N. i W. : our depth of water for the last ten hours 

 had not been more than sixteen, nor less than seven 

 fathom. At sun-set, the northern extremity of the 

 land bore N. 25 W., and we kept our course Is 1 , by W. 



