Menzies' Journal. 



Triangle Island. 105 



On the 23^ we had dark hazy weather with some Rain 

 & a moderate breeze from the South East. At noon we 

 observed in 50° 49' North, when the Westermost of Scott's 

 Isles bore N 60 E by Compass about six leagues. We stood 

 close hauld to the Eastward with light wind for the after- 

 noon & at night tacked & stood to the South west ward with 

 Southerly wind & a heavy swell from the same quarter. 



Next morning we had some Rain & hazy weather with 

 moderate wind from the South ward, but as the day 

 advanced the wind shifted to the Westward & the Weather 

 bacame fair & clear. At Noon Westermost of Scott's Isles 

 bore N 10 E by Compass about the distance of eight or nine 

 Miles when our Latitude was 50° 43' North. 



In the afternoon we stood to the Eastward a / little to 

 the Southward of Scott's Islands in order to ascertain their 

 relative position. The Westermost is naked elevated & 

 rocky with some litle verdure here & there & well guarded 

 by detached picked rocks all round it. The second is a 

 barren rock & much smaller than the former. The third 

 has a few trees on it of a stinted appearance & nearly the 

 size of the second. The eastermost & largest seems to be 

 divided into two Islands which are well coverd with Trees 

 & separated from the shore to the Eastward of them by a 

 Channel of two leagues wide. They are of a height suffi- 

 cient to be seen ten or twelve leagues ofif. About dusk of 

 the evening being close in with the Coast, we brought to for 

 the night to wait for the return of day light to examine the 

 exterior Coast as we went along to the Southward. 



At day light on the 25th we bore up & made Sail again 

 with a gentle breeze from the Westward & some showers of 

 rain, which made it so thick & hazy over the land that we 

 could not well discern its appearance excepting at short 

 intervals. We proceeded to the Southeastward along the 

 shore which seemd to be much indented with Bays & Inlets, 

 & the Land rose in many places into steep Mountains of 

 considerable height separated by deep winding valleys every 

 where well wooded with Pines. — At noon our Latitude was 

 50° 18' North Cape Split rock (so named from a remarkable 

 rugged elevated rock about a mile off the point) bore South 

 75° East by Compass. By four in the afternoon we were 

 abreast of this Cape which is in Latitude 50° 10' North & 

 Longitude ( ) & it makes a very conspicuous point on 



1702. 

 Aug. 23rd. 



Triangle Id. 



Aug. 24tb. 



Triangle Id. 



Aug. 25tU. 



Solander Id. off 

 Woody Point, 

 now Cape Cook. 



