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~ tant feven leagues. The land ftill continued mountainous^ "xvm ^' 
and at fix o'clock bore from north-eaft to north-weft by '-—v— ' 
v/eft. The furtheft land then in fight appeared to be at 
the diftance of about thirteen or fourteen leagues, and 
was named Cape Marflj. At half paft fix the fiiips were 
brought tOj and lay to for the night, the weather being- 
very fqually, with violent thunder, lightning, and rain. 
Soon after five in the morninP: of Aueuft the 2d, the Augnftz. 
^ ^ ' 1788. 
lliips made fail again, and bore away weit by north, but 
the weather being hazy, no land was then in fight; 
many flying fifli were feen at this time. At eleven, there 
being a profpe6t of clearer weather, Lieutenant Short- 
land endeavoured to make the land again. At noon the 
latitude was, by obfervation, 9°. 40'. fouth, and the lon- 
gitude 158°. 42'. eali. Lieutenant Shortland continued 
to fteer north-wefi: to difcovcr whether he had reached ' 
the utmoft extent of the land, and at eight in the even- 
ing fpoke tvi the Friendfiiip, and told the mafter that he 
intended to brino- to at nine. At three in the mornino;, Auguft j, 
on Sunday Auguil 3, land was difcovered bearing from 
north-north-eaft to north-weft, on which the fiiips ftood . 
off again with a light air of wind. At fix, the land in 
figlit appeared like feveral iflands, and an endeavour was - 
made to pafs between them to the north, but on approach- 
ing fufficiently near, it was difcovered that all thefe 
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