68 AVOYAGETOTHE 



^ "^jy^ ^' fide of Morotoij where, from the appearance of the land, 



^■^ — ' ' it was likely we fhould find feme. Had that plan failed, 



* May* we then fhould have been able to get round the Eaift point 

 Wednef. 31. ^£ Woahoo with a large v/ind ; but finding now that it 

 would be a work of fome days to get in with the Weft 

 end of Morotoi, I gave it up, and ftood for the Eaft point 

 of Woahoo, which then bore North Weft, under all the 

 fail we could carry, with a moderate breeze at Eaft North 

 Eaft. For fome time appearances were greatly in our fa- 

 vour. Indeed I believe we ftioiild eafily have fetched round 

 - the point ; but about ten o'clock, the Queen Charlotte 

 being a confiderable way on. our lee quarter, I was 

 afraid ftie would not be able to weather the ifland, as I 

 could plainly perceive we had a ftrong current fetting to 

 the South Weft. On this we tacked and ftood towards her, 

 and foon afterwards wore a.nd ftretched to the Northward,. 

 Juft at this time the wind hauled round to the Eaftward, 

 and we again ftood on, in hopes of fetching our intended 

 fituatioEL. However, about half paft eleven o'clock, the 

 Queen Charlotte drove in fhore, and captain Dixon find- 

 ing he could not weather the point, tacked, which occa- 

 fioned us to tack immediately afterwards. At noon, the 

 outermoft rock off" the North Eaft point of Woahoo bore 

 North North Weft about four leagues, and the Southern- 

 moft part of the ifland in fight South Weft half Weft, five 

 miles diftant. 



The ifland of Woahoo between the South Eaft and 

 North Eaft points appears high and craggy, forming into 

 feveral high rocks, within which there appears to be to*-- 

 lerable flicker j but as the wind blew freih, and right on 



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