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southward : at this time North Cape bore E | N., 

 and just open of a point that lies three leagues 

 W. by N. from it. 



This cape, as I have observed before, is the 

 northernmost extremity of this country, and the 

 easternmost point of a peninsula, which runs out 

 N. W. and N. W. by N. seventeen or eighteen leagues, 

 and of which Cape Maria Van Diemen is the western- 

 most point. Cape Maria lies in latitude 34° 30' S., 

 longitude 187° IS' W. ; and from this point the land 

 trends away S. E. by S. and S. E. beyond Mount 

 Camel, and is every where a barren shore, consisting 

 of banks of white sand. 



On the 2d, at noon, we were in latitude 35° 17' S., 

 and Cape Maria bore north, distant about sixteen 

 leagues, as near as we could guess ; for we had no 

 land in sight, and did not dare to go nearer, as afresh 

 gale blew right on shore, with a rolling sea. The 

 wind continued at W. S. W, and S. W. with frequent 

 squalls ; in the evening we shortened sail, and at 

 midnight tacked, and made a trip to the N. W. till 

 two in the morning, when we wore and stood to the 

 southward. At break of day, we made sail, and 

 edged away, in order to make land ; and at ten o'clock, 

 we saw it, bearing N. W. It appeared to be high, and 

 at noon extended from N. to E. N. E. distant by esti- 

 mation eight or ten leagues. Cape Maria then bore 

 N. 2° 30' W. distant thirty-three leagues ; our lati- 

 tude by observation was 36° 9! S. About seven o'clock 

 in the evening, we were within six leagues of it ; 

 but having a fresh gale upon it, with a rolling sea, 

 we hauled our wind to the S. E., and kept on that 

 course close upon the wind all night, sounding several 

 times, but having no ground with one hundred, and 

 one hundred and ten fathom. 



At eight o'clock the next morning, we were about 

 five leagues from the land, and off a place which lies 

 in latitude 36° 25', and had the appearance of a bay 

 or inlet. It bore east ; and in order to see more of 



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