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give orders for manoeuvring fo as to enter the 

 bay that was on our larboard hand. In vain we 

 looked for Penguin Ifland, thinking that we 

 were in Adventure Bay, while in fa6t we were 

 in Storm Bay, fo called by Tafman, becaufe, 

 after having entered it in 1642, in the month of 

 November, he experienced a florm from the 

 fouth-eail, which, blowing dead on the fhore, 

 put him in the greatefl danger, when he willied 

 to gain an offing. 



Being already very high up in this bay, we 

 were perfectly fheltered from the wefterly wind. 

 The depth of water was from fifteen to twenty- 

 five fathoms, over a bottom of broken Shells. 

 The Admiral was on the point of leaving it, in 

 order to go and fpend the night in the offing ; 

 however, he determined to difpatch two boats, the 

 one to the northward and the other to the north- 

 weft, to try to difcover fome place of fhelter. 

 The boat that had gone to the northward found 

 a cove where our fhips could enter : the bottom 

 was good holding ground. Wood and water 

 might ealily be procured there : the boat's crew 

 had fcen fome remains of huts, quite clofe to 



that he had fet this rock fouth 19 weft, while it bore fonth ie/ 

 eaft. The Admiral then gave orders for ftanding into the bay- 

 on our larboard hand, naturally thinking that we were oppofite 

 to Adventure Bay. 



which 



