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longitude assigned to it, and about three or four de- 

 grees to the southward, should there be any land 

 thereabout, it must be a very inconsiderable island. 

 But I believe it was nothing but ice ; as we, in our first 

 setting out, thought we had seen land several times, 

 but it proved to be high islands of ice at the back of 

 the large fields ; and as it was thick foggy weather 

 when Mr. Bouvet fell in with it, he might very easily 

 mistake them for land. 



On the 7th, being in the latitude of 48° 50' S., 

 longitude 14° 26' E., saw 7 two large islands of ice. 



On the 17th, made the land of the Cape of Good 

 Hope, and on the 19th anchored in Table Bay, 

 where we found Commodore Sir Edward Hughes, 

 with his Majesty's ships Salisbury and Sea-horse. I 

 I saluted the Commodore with thirteen guns; and 

 soon after, the garrison with the same number ; the 

 former returned the salute, as usual, with two guns 

 less, and the latter with an equal number. 



On the 24th, Sir Edward Hughes sailed with the 

 Salisbury and Sea-horse for the East Indies ; but I 

 remained refitting the ship and refreshing my people 

 till the 16th of April, when I sailed for England and 

 on the 14th of July anchored at Spithead. 



