Cooi’s VOYAGE, 
along the fiiore N. E. for the eaftermoft land in fight, being^tt 
this time in latitude 37 : 58 S. and longitude 210 : 39 W. 
The fouthermoft point of land in fight, which bore from us W. 
■% S. I judged to lie in latitude' 38°, -longitude 21 1 17, and 
gave it the name of Point Hicics,-becaufe Mr. Hicks, the 
Firft Lieutenant, was the firft who difcovered it. To the fouth- 
ward of this point no land was to be feen, though it was very 
'clear in that quarter, and by our longitude,- compared with that 
of Tafman, not as it is laid down iii-the printed charts, but in 
the extracts from Tafrrian’s journal, published by Rembrantfe, 
the body of Van Diemen’s land-ought to have borne due fouth ; 
and indeed, from the- fudden falling of the lea, after the wind 
abated, I had reafon'to think*it did ; yet as I did not fee it, 
and as I found -this coaft trend N. E. and S. W. or rather more 
to theeaftward, I cannot determine whether it joins to Van 
Diemen’s land or not. 
At noon, we were in latitude 37 : 50, longitude 210 : 29 
W. The extreams of the land extended from N. W. to E. N. 
E. and a remarkable point bore N. zo° E. at the diftance of 
about four leagues. This point rifes in a round hillock, very 
much refembling the Ram Head, at the entrance of Plymouth 
Sound, and therefore I called it by the fame name.- The va- 
riation by an azimuth, taken this morning, was 3 : 7 E. ; - 
and what we had now leen of the land, appeared low and le- 
vel : the fea there was a white fand, but the country within ■ 
was green and woody. About one o’clock, we faw three wa- 
ter fpouts at once ; two were between us and the ftrore, and 
the third at fome diftance, upo® our larboard quarter : this 
phenomenon is fo well known, that it is not necelfary to give 
a particular defcription of it hers. 
At fix o’clock in- the ev'Tiiuo-, wfe Ihortined fail, and brought 
to for theniuht, having fill y-ilx-jjithoin water, and a fine Ian- 
dy bottom. - The northern:. oft land- in fight-then bore N. by E. 
| E. and a fma! ! ifland lying clofe to a point on the main bore- 
W. diftant two leagues. - This point which I called Cap* 
Howe, may ,z known by the trending cf the coaft, which is 
north on the one fide, and fouth- weft on. the ether ; it mayal- 
fo be known by. fome round rills upon the main, juft within it. 
We brought to- for the night, and and at four in the morning 
made fail along dbere to the northward. At fix, the northcr- 
moft rand in fight bore N. N. W. and we were qt this time 
about four leagues irom^he fhore. At noon, we were in la- 
titude 36 : 52 S. longitude 209 : 53 W. and about three 
leagues diftant from the Hr ore. The weather being clear, gave 
us a good view of the country, which has a very pleafing ap- 
pearance : it is of a moderate height, diverfified by hills and 
vallies, ridges and plains, iaiterfperfed with a few lawns of no 
great extent, but in general covered -with wood : -the afeent of 
