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A VOYAGE TO 



'"7> till the 27th at noon, when the fogs clearing away, we flood 



« ""!' _> to the Northward, in order to make the land. The latitude 



at noon, by obfervation, was $<f 49', longitude 175 43'. 

 Notwithftanding we faw mags in the forenoon, which are 

 fuppofed never to go far from land, yet there was no ap- 

 pearance of it this day ; but on the 28th, at fix in the morn- 

 ing, we got fight of it to the North Weft. The coafl mews 

 itfelf in hills of a moderate height; but inland, others are 

 feen to rife confiderably. We could obferve no wood, and the 

 mow lying upon them in patches, gave the whole a very 

 barren appearance. At nine, we were about ten miles from 

 the Ihore, the Southern extremity bearing Weft by South, 

 fix leagues diftant, beyond which the coaft appeared to trend 

 to the Weftward. This point being in latitude 6i° 48', lon- 

 gitude 1 74 48', lies, according to the Ruffian charts, near 

 the mouth of the river Opuka. At the fame time, the 

 Northern extreme bore North by Weft ; between which and 

 a hill bearing North Weft by Weft a quarter Weft, and at chis 

 diftancc appearing to us like an ifland, the coaft feemed to 

 bend to the Weftward, and form a deep bay. 



About eight miles from land, we perceived ourfelves in a 

 ftrong rippling; and being apprehenfive of foul ground, we 

 bore away to the North Eaft, along the fhore ; notwithftand- 

 ing, on heaving the lead, we found regular foundings of 

 twenty-four fathoms, over a gravelly bottom ; from whence 

 we concluded, that this appearance was occafioned by a tide, 

 at that time running to the Southward. At noon, the ex- 

 tremes of the land bearing Weft South Weft three quarters 

 Weft, and North North L'.aft three-quarters Eaft, diftant from 

 the nearcft fhore four leagues, we were abreaft of the low 

 land, which we now perceived to join the two points, where 

 we had before expected to find a deep bay. 1 he coaft bends 



a little 



