S6^ C00K*5 FIRST VOYAGE BEC» 



W. N. W. with which we stood off north; and at noon 

 the next day, the Cavalles bore S. E. by E. distant 

 eight leagues; the entrance of Doubtless Bay S. by 

 W., distant three leagues; and the north-west ex- 

 tremity of the land in sight, which we judged to be 

 the main, bore N. W. by W.: our latitude by observ- 

 ation was 34° 44' S. In the evening, we found the 

 variation to be 12'' 41' E. by the azimuth, and 12*^ 

 40' by the amplitude. 



Early in the morning, we stood in with the land, 

 seven leagues to the westward of Doubtless Bay, the 

 bottom of which is not far distant from the bottom 

 of another large bay, which the shore forms at this 

 place, being separated only by a low neck of land, 

 which juts out into a peninsula that I have called 

 Knuckle Point. About the middle of this bay, 

 which we called Sandy Bay, is a high mountain, 

 standing upon a distant shore, to which I gave the 

 name of Mount Camel. The latitude here is Si'' 

 5V S. and longitude 186° 50'. We had twenty-four 

 and twenty-five fathom water, with a good bottom ; 

 but there seems to be nothing in this bay that can 

 induce a ship to put into it ; for the land about it is 

 utterly barren and desolate, and, except Mount 

 Camel, the situation is low : the soil appears to be 

 nothing but white sand, thrown up in low irregular 

 hills and narrow ridges, lying parallel with the shore. 

 But barren and desolate as this place is, it is not 

 without inhabitants : we saw one village on the west 

 side of Mount Camel, and another on the east side ; 

 we saw also five canoes full of people, who pulled 

 after the ship, but could not come up with us. At 

 nine o'clock, we tacked and stood to the northward ; 

 and at noon, the Cavalles bore S. E. by E., distant 

 thirteen leagues; the north extremity of the land in 

 sight, making like an island, bore N. W. i N. distant 

 nine leagues ; and Mount Camel bore S. W. by S., 

 distance six leagues. 



The wind being contrary, we kept plying north- 



