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one mile, at four o'clock, when the eastern island of Kent's large Flik 
group was set at N. 17 0 E., five or six leagues. At six, the pyramid 171 
bore N. 38° W. five miles, and high land came in sight to the east- 
ward : one piece extended from N. 75° to S. 87 0 E., apparently about 
five leagues distant, and the bluff, southern end of another range of 
hills bore S. 51 0 E., something further. Captain Hamilton supposed 
these to be parts of the land he had seen to the north-west of Pre- 
servation Island, where the wreck of his ship was lying ; but whether 
they might belong to Furneaux's Islands or to the main, was unknown 
to him. He had always gone to, and returned from his island by 
the east side of this land ; and the wind having veered northward, 
the schooner was kept as much to the north-east as possible, in order 
to pursue the same track. 
We came up with a low point or island at eleven at night, when 
the wind died away. At six in the morning of Feb. 9., the northern 
land extended from N. 49 0 E. three leagues, to S. 4/7 0 E. four or five 
miles ; the southern land bore S. 24° to 2 0 E. five or six leagues, and 
seemed to form a hilly, separate island ; although, as low land was 
seen between them, the two may probably be connected : there was 
also a cliffy island bearing north, seven or eight miles. On a breeze 
springing up from south-west, our course was steered to pass close 
round the northern land ; but finding much rippling water between 
it and two islands called the Sisters by captain Furneaux, we passed 
round them also, and then hauled to the southward along the eastern 
shore. 
This northern land, or island as it proved to be, has some ridges 
of sandy-looking hills extending north and south between the two 
shores ; and they are sufficiently high to be visible ten leagues from 
a ship's deck in clear weather. On the west side of the north point, 
the hills come nearly down to the water ; but on the east side, there is 
two or three miles of flat land between their feet and the shore. The 
small trees and brush wood which partly covered the hills, seemed 
to shoot out from sand and rock ; and if the vallies and low land 
