44 AVOYAGETOTHE 



^ ^11^ ^* -^^y* ^^'^ ^^^" fliaped our courfe for New Ifland, which 



»— -^'T^ from Ball Ifland bears Weft half North, four leagues 



January, diftant. On the Eaft lide of New Ifland are three good 



on ay 23. -^^^^ . '^g greatcft extent is from North to South. Good 



water is fcarce at this ifland, except in a bay on the South 



fide, and there it is eafily found, as it is a boiling fpring, 



fituated nearly at low- water mark. I was informed by 



captain Huffy, that mofl of the fprings at New Ifland are 



rendered brackifli by a very heavy fea, which conftantly 



fets in with a Wefterly wind, the fpray of which flies over 



the beach and mixes with the frefh- water fprings. 



At noon the Northernmofl: point of Round Ifland bore 

 Eaft South Eafl half Eaft, ten miles diftant ; the South 

 Weft point of New Ifland, South Eafl half South, eight 

 miles ; and the South Weft point of all Falkland's Iflands 

 South South Eaft half Eaft, fix leagues diflant. We had 

 an obfervation, which gave 51° 36' South latitude. The 

 wind hauling to the Weftward at four o'clock, occafioned 

 us to tack, the weather moderate and hazy. At eight 

 o'clock Cape Peribal (the Wefternmoft point of Falkland's 

 Iflands) bore Eafl South Eaft, fix leagues, and the North 

 point of New Ifland Eaft North Eaft half Eafl, eight 

 leagues diftant. 



Tuefday24; Having a moderate breeze to the Northward in the 

 morning of th^ 24th, I fleered South Well, being well 

 clear of all the Iflands, Cape Peribal at this time bearing 

 Eaft North Eaft, about ten leagues diftant. The weather 

 was hazy, and in the afternoon a very thick fog came on, 

 but we were fortunate enough not to lofe company. We faw 

 numbers of whales, and variety of birds, fuch as penguins, 



2 filver- 



