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considered, there is not perhaps a better place for 

 ships to refresh at upon the whole coast than this 

 island. And, before I dismiss it, I must observe, that 

 we found upon it, as well as upon the beach in and 

 about Endeavour River, bamboos, cocoa-nuts, pumice- 

 stone, and the seeds of plants which are not the pro- 

 duce of this country, and which it is reasonable to 

 suppose are brought from the eastward by the trade 

 winds. The islands which were discovered by Qui- 

 ros, and called Australia del Espiritu Santa, lie in 

 this parallel ; but how far to the eastward cannot 

 now be ascertained : in most charts they are placed 

 in the same longitude with this country, which, as 

 appears by the account of his voyage that has been 

 published, he never saw ; for that places his disco- 

 veries no less than two-and-twenty degrees to the 

 eastward of it. 



As soon as we were without the reef, we brought 

 to, and having hoisted in the boats, we stood off and 

 on upon a wind all night ; for I was not willing to 

 run to leeward till -J had a whole day before me. In 

 the morning, at daybreak, Lizard Island bore S. 15 E., 

 distant ten leagues ; and we then made sail, and 

 stood away N. N. W. J W. till nine o'clock, when 

 we stood N. W. \ N., having the advantage of a fresh 

 gale at S. E. At noon, our latitude by observation 

 was 13 46' S., and at this time we had no land in 

 sight. At six in the evening we shortened sail, and 

 brought the ship to, with her head to the N. E. ; and 

 at six in the morning made sail, and steered west, in 

 order to get within sight of the land, that I might 

 be sure not to overshoot the passage, if a passage 

 there was, between this land and New Guinea. At 

 noon, our latitude by observation was 13 9! S., lon- 

 gitude 216 W. ; which was 1 23' W. of Lizard 

 Island : at this time we had no land in sight ; but a 

 little before one o'clock we saw high land from the 

 mast-head, bearing W. S. W. At two, we saw more 

 land to the N. W. of that we had seen before : it ap- 



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