NEW SOUTH WALES. 
nine miles diftant : they founded when about fix miles 
from the land, but got no bottom with fixty fathoms 
of line; at this time Captain Marfliall perceived feveral 
canoes with their fails fet, and two or three men 
in each canoe, coming towards the fliip? but they 
prefently put back again and made for the fliore. 
This iiland is very low and level, and extends north- 
eafl, and fouth-weft, terminating at each end in a low? 
flat point, with an appearance of a large bay in the 
middle ; the Captain named it Hoppefs ijland ; it is 
jltuated in 00° 03' fouth latitude, and 173° 43' longi- 
tude eaft from Greenwich* 
At feven o'clock they faw another ifland fmaller than 
the former, lying about lix miles to the fouth- weft of 
Hopper's Ifland, and nearly the fame in appearance ; 
this was named Hendervilie's Ijland, Towards noon, 
another ifland made its appearance, which Captain Mar- 
fliall named Woodle's Ijland, fltuated three miles to the 
north-weft of Henderville's Ifland. Five large canoes 
with fails fet put off from Woodle's Ifland, and came 
towards the fliip, but when about four miles diftant, 
they turned back and ftood for the fliore. The wind 
blowing off the land prevented them from getting in 
with the fliore, fo as to enable them to give a particular 
defcription of thefe iflands ; they feemicd to abound 
with cocoa-nut, and a variety of other trees. At three 
o'clock 
