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this time we were about three leagues from the shore, 

 and abreast of a deep bay or inlet, to which I gave 

 the name of Cloudy Bay, and at the bottom of 

 which there appeared low land covered with tall 

 trees. 



At three o'clock in the afternoon we were abreast 

 of the southernmost point of land that we had seen at 

 noon, which I called Cape Campbell : it lies S. 

 by W. distant between twelve and thirteen leagues 

 from Cape Koamaroo, in latitude 41° 44' S., longitude 

 183° 45' W. ; and with Cape Palliser forms the south- 

 ern entrance of the streight, the distance between 

 them being between thirteen and fourteen leagues 

 W. by S. and E. by N. 



From this Cape we steered along the shore S. W. 

 by S. till eight o'clock in the evening, when the wind 

 died away. About half an hour afterwards, however, 

 afresh breeze sprung up at S.W., and I put the ship 

 right before it. My reason for this was a notion which 

 some of theofficers had just started, that Eaheinomauwe 

 was not an island, and that the land might stretch away 

 to the S. E. from between Cape Turnagain and Cape 

 Palliser, there being a space of between twelve and 

 fifteen leagues that we had not seen. I had, indeed, 

 the strongest conviction that they were mistaken, 

 not only from what I had seen the first time I dis- 

 covered the streight, but from many other concurrent 

 testimonies, that the land in question was an island ; 

 but being resolved to leave no possibility of doubt 

 with respect to an object of such importance, I took 

 the opportunity of the wind's shifting, to stand east- 

 ward, and accordingly steered N. E. by E. all the 

 night. At nine o'clock in the morning we were 

 abreast of Cape Palliser, and found the land trend 

 away N. E. towards Cape Turnagain, which I 

 reckoned to be distant about twenty six leagues:, 

 however, as the weather was hazy, so as to prevent 

 our seeing above four or five leagues, I still kept 

 standing to the N. E. with a light breeze at south ; 



