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circuit, remarkably high, and lies full five leagues d'fiant from 
the main. This ifland I named after Dr. Solander, and called 
it Solander’s Island. The Ihore of the main lies nearelf 
E. by S. and W. by N. and forms a large open bay, in which 
there is no appearance of any harbour, cr fhelter for lhipping 
sgainft S. W. and foutherly winds : the furface of the country 
is broken into craggy hills, of a great height, on the fummits 
of which are feveral patches of fnow : it is not, however, wholly 
barren, for we could fee wood not only in the vallies, but upon 
the higheft ground, yet we faw no appearance of its being in- 
habited. 
We continued to Hand to the S. W. by S. till eleven o’clock 
the next morning, wl>en the wind lhifted to the S. W. by W. 
upon which we wore* and Hood to the N. N. W. being then 
in latitude 47 : 40 S. longitude 193 : 50 W-. and having a 
hollow fea from the S. W. 
During the night we fleered N. N. W. till fix in the morn- 
ing, when, feeing no land, we fleered N. by E. till eight, 
when we fleered N. E. by E. £ E. to make the land, which 
at ten we faw bearing E. N. E. but it being hazy, we could 
diflinguifh nothing upon it. At noon, our latitude, by obler- 
vation, was 46 : S. About two it cleared up, and the land 
appeared to be high, rude, and mountainous : about half an 
hour after three I hauled in for a bay, in which there appeared 
to be good anchorage ; but in about an hour, finding the dis- 
tance too great to run before it .would be dark, and the wind 
blowing too hard to make the attempt fafe in the night, I bore 
away along the Ihore. 
This bay, which I called Dusky Bay, lies in latitude 45 
47 S. : it is between three and four miles broad at the en- 
trance, and feems to be full as deep as it is broad : it contains 
feveral iflands, behind which there rnuft be lhelter from all 
winds, though poflibly there may not be fufficient depth of wa- 
ter. The north point of this bay, when it bears S. E. by S. 
is rendered very remarkable by five high peaked rocks which 
lie off it, and have the appearance of lour fingers and thumb 
of a man’s hand, for which reafon I called it Point Five 
Fingers: the land of this point is farther remarkable, for 
being the only level land within a conflderable diftance. It 
extends near two leagues to the northward, is lofty, and co- 
vered with wood : the land behind it is very different, con- 
fiding wholly of mountains, totally barren and rocky ; and 
this difference gives the Cape the appearance of an ifland. 
At fun-fet, the fouthermoft land in fight bore due fcuth, 
diflant about five or fix leagues ; and as this is the weftermoft 
point of land upon the whole coaft, I called it West Cape. 
It lies about three leagues to the fouthward of Dufky Bay, in 
the latitude of 45 : 54 S. and in longitude 393 : 17 W. The 
land of this Cape is of a moderate height next' the fea, and 
has 
