37^ cook's first voyage jan. 



leagues : we judged the peak to bear east ; and after 

 it was dark, we saw fires upon the shore. 



At five o'clock in the morning we saw, for a few 

 minutes, the summit of the peak, towering above 

 the clouds, and covered with snow. It now bore 

 N. E. ; it lies in latitude 39° 16' S., longitude 185° 

 15' W. ; and I named it Mount Egmont, in honour 

 of the earl. It seems to have a large base, and to 

 rise with a gradual ascent ; it lies near the sea, and 

 is surrounded by a flat country, of a pleasant ap- 

 pearance, being clothed with verdure and wood, 

 which renders it the more conspicuous, and the shore 

 under it forms a large cape, which I have named 

 Cape Egmont. It lies S. S. W. i W. twenty-seven 

 leagues distant from Albatross Point, and on the 

 north-side of it are two small islands, which lie near 

 a remarkable point on the main, that rises to a con- 

 siderable height in the form of a sugar-loaf. To the 

 southward of the cape, the land trends away S. E. 

 by E. and S. S. E., and seems to be every where a 

 bold shore. At noon, Cape Egmont bore about N. E. ; 

 and in this direction, at about four leagues from the 

 shore, we had forty fathom of water. The wind 

 during the rest of the day was from W. to N. W. by 

 W., and we continued to steer along the shore S. S. E. 

 and S. E. by E., keeping at the distance of between 

 two or three leagues. At half an hour after seven, 

 we had another transient view of Mount Edgcombe, 

 which bore N. 17 W., distant about ten leagues. 



At five the next morning, we steered S. E. by S., 

 the coast inclining more southerly ; and in about half 

 an hour we saw land, bearing S. W. by S., for which 

 we hauled up. At noon, the north-west extremity of 

 the land in sight bore S. 63 W., and some high land, 

 which had the appearance of an island lying under 

 the main, bore S. S. E., distant five leagues. We 

 were now in a bay, the bottom of which bearing 

 south, we could not see, though it was clear in that 

 quarter. Our latitude by observation was 40° 27' S.,, 



