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stand towards it. At this time Montagu Isle bore 

 N. 52° West, distant thirteen leagues ; at noon it was 

 nearly in the same direction, and the new land ex- 

 tended from S. £ E. to S. by W. and three hills 

 seemed to be connected. Our latitude, by observ- 

 ation, was 18° V S. and the longitude, made from 

 Port Sandwich, 1° c 23' E. We continued to stand to 

 the S. E. with a gentle breeze at S. W. and S.S. W. till 

 the 28th at sun-rise, when, the wind veering to the 

 south, we tacked and stood to the west. The three 

 hills mentioned above, we now saw belonged to one 

 island, which extended from S. 35° to 71° West, dis- 

 tant about ten or twelve leagues. 



.Retarded by contrary winds, calms, and the cur- 

 rents that set to N.W., we were three days in gain- 

 ing this space ; in which time we discovered an 

 elevated land to the south of this. It first appeared 

 in detached hummocks, but we judged it to be con- 

 nected. At length, on the 1st of August, about ten 

 A. M. we got a fine breeze at E.S.E. which soon 

 after veered to N. E. and we steered for the N. W. 

 side of the island. Reaching it about two P. M. we 

 ranged the west coast at one mile from shore, on 

 which the inhabitants appeared in several parts, and 

 by signs invited us to land. We continued to sound 

 without finding bottom, till we came before a small 

 bay, or bending of the coast, where, near a mile 

 from shore, we found thirty and twenty-two fathoms 

 water, a sandy bottom. I had thoughts of anchoring 

 here, but the wind almost instantly veered to N. W., 

 which being nearly on shore, I laid this design aside. 

 Besides, I was unwilling to lose the opportunity that 

 now offered of getting to the south-east, in order 

 first to explore the lands which lay there. I there- 

 fore continued to range the coast to the south, at 

 about the same distance from shore ; but we soon 

 got out of soundings. About a league to the south 

 of this bay, which hath about two miles extent, is 

 another more extensive. Towards the evening, the 



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