198 cook's SECOND VOYAGE JAN. 



and N. 37° W., distant six leagues from each other. 

 The isle above mentioned, which was called Cooper's 

 Isle, after my first lieutenant, lies in the direction of 

 S. by E., distant eight leagues from Cape Charlotte. 

 The coast between them forms a large bay, to which 

 I gave the name of Sandwich. The wind being 

 variable all the afternoon, we advanced but little ; in 

 the night it fixed at S. and S.S. W., and blew a gentle 

 gale attended with showers of snow. 



The 19th was wholly spent in plying, the wind con- 

 tinuing at S. and S. W., clear pleasant weather, but 

 cold. At sun-rise, a new land was seen bearing 

 S.E. i E. It first appeared in a single hill, like 

 a sugar-loaf; some time after, other detached 

 pieces appeared above the horizon near the hill. 

 At noon observed in the latitude 54° 4? 30" S., 

 Cape Charlotte bearing N. 38° W., distant four 

 leagues; and Cooper's Isle S. 31° W. In this situ- 

 ation, a lurking rock, which lies off Sandwich Bay, 

 five miles from the land, bore W. J N., distant one 

 mile, and near this rock were several breakers. In 

 the afternoon we had a prospect of a ridge of moun- 

 tains behind Sandwich Bay, whose lofty and icy 

 summits were elevated high above the clouds. The 

 wind continued at S.S.W. till six o'clock, when it 

 fell to a calm. At this time Cape Charlotte bore N. 

 31° W., and Cooper's Island W.S.W. In this situ- 

 ation we found the variation, by the azimuths, to be 

 11° 39', and by the amplitude, 11°12'E. At ten 

 o'clock, a light breeze springing up at N., we steered 

 to the S. till twelve, and then brought to for the 

 night. 



At two o'clock in the morning of the 20th, we 

 made sail to S. W., round Cooper's Island. It is a 

 rock of considerable height, about five miles in cir- 

 cuit, and one mile from the main. At this isle the 

 main coast takes a S. W. direction for the space of 

 four or five leagues to a point, which I called Cape 

 Disappointment. Off that, are three small isles, the 



