46 AVOYAGETOTHE 



^ ^11^ ^' 27tli again faw Staten's Land; the extremes bearing 



' ~' from South South Weft to South Eaft by South, diftant 



January, about fix Icagues. Thc weather being moderate, we made 



I'l^'day 27- |-^-j^ ^j^j fliaped a courfe for the Eaft end of it. At eight 

 o'clock the Eaft end ot Staten's Land bore South South 

 Weft five miles, and the fmall ifland oppoiite New-year's 

 Harbour, Weft South Weft, about feven leagues diftant. 

 Soon afterwards we pafled through a ftrongjippling, which 



^ I found was occaftoned by a current fetting to the North- 



ward. 



Immediately after we doubled the Eaft point of Sta- 

 ten's Land, I fteered South by Weft by compafs, in order 

 to get a good offing ; not chufing to keep near the fhore, 

 on account of the ftrong current which fets through the 

 Straits of La Maire. At noon Cape Saint Juan, which 

 is the Eaft cape of Staten's Land, bore North Weft by Weft 

 half Weft, about fix leagues diftant. Our latitude was 

 54° 57'' South, and the longitude 63" 33' Weft. Staten's 

 Land is high, but the mountains near the fummit being 

 very uneven, it gives them greatly the appearance of faddle 

 lands. 



New-year's Harbour is already well known ; beiides 

 which, there is an appearance of a harbour on the North 

 ftde near the Eaft end ; there alfo feem to be two open- 

 ings, one near the Weft end, the other about the middle 

 of the ifland, and which is fttuated within two fmall 

 round iflands that are detached from Staten's Land. There 

 was a patch of fnow on the fummit of the higheft moun- 

 tain, but not any wood to be feen. 



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