■6 COOK's VOYAG2 
titudey and the angles that are made by the coaft, this point 
will be fufficiently known ; there is, however, about three or 
lour leagues to the fouth welt of it, and very near the (here, a 
remarkable faddle-hiil, which is a good direction to it on that 
quarter. From one league to four leagues north of Cape Saun- 
ders, the fhore forms two or three bays, in which there ap- 
peared to be good anchorage, and effectual fhelter from the S. 
W. wefterly, and N. welter! y winds; but my deft re of getting 
to the fouth ward, in order to afeertain whether this country 
was an ifland or continent, prevented my putting into any of 
them. 
We kept at a fmall diilance from the fhore all this morning, 
with the Wind at S. W. and had a very difiindt view of it : it 
is of a moderate height, and the furface is broken by many 
hills, which are green and woody ; but we faw no appearance 
of inhabitants. At noon, Cape Saunders bore N. 30 W. dis- 
tant about four leagues. We had variable winds and calms, 
till five o’clock in the evening, when it fixed at W. S. W. and 
foon blew fo hard that it put us paft our topfails, and fplit the 
forefail all to pieces : after getting another to the yard, we 
continued to liana to the fouthward under two courfes ; and at 
fix the next morning, the fouthermoft laud in fight bore W. 
by N. and Cape Saunders N. by W. diftant eight leagues : at 
noon, it bore N. 20 W. fourteen leagues ; and our latitude by 
obfervation was 46 : 36. The gale continued with heavy 
fqualls, and a large hollow fea all the afternoon ; and at feven 
in the evening, we lay too under our forefail, with the fliip’s 
head to the fouthward : at noon on the 27th, our latitude was 
46 : 34, and our longitude from Cape Saunders 1 : 24 E. 
At feven in the evening, we made fail under our courfes ; and 
at eight the next morning fet the topfails clofe reefed. At 
noon our latitude was 47 : 43, and our longitude eaft from 
Cape Saunders 2 : 10. At this time, vvewore and flood to the 
northward : in the afternoon, we found the variation to be 
16 : 34 E. At eight in the evening, we tacked and flood to 
the fouthward, with the wind at weft. 
A: noon this day, our latitude by account was 47 : 32, and 
cur longitude from Cape Saunders 1 : 8 E. We flood to the 
fouthward till half an hour paft three in the afternoon ; and 
then, being in latitude 48 S. and longitude 188 W. and fee- 
ing no appearance of land, we tacked and flood to the north- 
ward, having a large fwell from the S. W. by W. At noon 
the next day, our latitude was 46 : 42 S. ; and Cape Saunders 
tore N. 46 W. diftant eighty-fix miles. The fouth weft fwell 
continuing till the 3d, confirmed our opinion, that there was 
no land in that quarter. At four in the Afternoon, we flood 
to the weftvvard with ail the fail we could make.- In the morn- 
ing of the 4th, we found the variation to be 16 : 16E. This 
day we faw foine whales and feals, as we had done feveral 
femes 
