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which joins this head to the main land is very low, 

 and for that reason the land of the cape, from several 

 situations, has the appearance of an island. It is still 

 more remarkable when it is seen from the southward, 

 by the appearance of a high round island at the S. E, 

 point of the cape ; but this also is a deception ; for 

 what appears to be an island is a round hill, joined 

 to the cape by a low narrow neck of land. Upon 

 the c",pe we saw a Hippah or village, and a few 

 inha])itants ; and on the south-east side of it, there 

 appears to be anchorage, and good shelter from the 

 south-west and north-west winds. 



We continued to stand off and on, making N. W. 

 till noon on the 21st, when North Cape bore S. 39 E. 

 distant thirty-eight leagues. Our situation varied 

 only a few leagues till the 23d, w^hen, about seven 

 o'clock in the evening, w^e saw land from the mast- 

 head, bearing S. i- E. At eleven the next morning, 

 we saw it again, bearing S. S. E. at the distance of eight 

 leagues : we now stood to the S. W. ; and at four 

 o'clock, the land bore S. E. by S. distant four leagues, 

 and proved to be a small island, with other islands or 

 rocks, still smaller, lying off the south-west end of it, 

 and another lying off the north-east end, which were 

 discovered by Tasman, and called the Three Kings. 

 The principal island lies in latitude 34^ 12^ S., longi- 

 tude 187° <t8' W., and distant fourteen or fifteen 

 leagues from North Cape, in the direction of W. 14* N. 

 At midnight, we tacked and stood to the N. E. till 

 six the next morning, which was Christmas-day, 

 when we tacked and stood to the southward. At 

 noon, the Three Kings bore E. 8 N. distant five or 

 six leagues. The variation this morning by the 

 azimuth was 11° 25' E. 



On the 26th, we stood to the southward close 

 upon a wind ; and at noon, were in latitude 35° 10' S., 

 longitude 188° 20' W., the Three Kings bearing 

 N. 26 W. distant twenty-two leagues. In this situa- 

 tion we had no land in sight ; and yet, by obervation. 



