4§ CO OK J s VOYAGE 
black,, or very dark colour. At men, our latitude, by'obfer- 
-vation, was 35 : 27 S. and longitude 209 : 23 W. Cape 
Dromedary bore S. 28 W. diflan t nineteen leagues, a re- 
nt arkable^jeiaked hill, which refembled a fquare dove-houfe, 
with a dome at the top, and which for that reafon I called 
the Pigeon House, bore N. 32 : 30 W. and a fmall low 
ifland, which lay clofe under the fhore, bore N. W. diflant 
about two or three leagues. When I firft dilcovered this ifland, 
in the morning, I was in hopes, from its appearance, that I 
fhould have found fhelter for the fhip behind it, but when we 
came near it, it did not promife fecurity even for the landing 
cf a boat : I fhould however have attempted to fend a boat on 
•fhore, if the wind had not veered to that direction, with a 
large hollow fea rolling in upon the land from the S. E. which 
indeed had been the cafe ever flnee we had been upon it. The 
coafl flill continued to be of a moderate height, forming alter- 
nately rocky points and fandy beaches ; but within, between 
Mount Dromedary, and the -Pigeon Houfe, we faw high 
-mountains, which, except two, are covered with wood ; 
thefe two lie inland, behind the Pigeon Houfe, and are re- 
markably flat at the top, with fteep rocky cliffs all round therp, 
as far as we could fee. The trees which alrnoft every where 
clothe this country, appear to be large and lofty. This day 
the variation was found to beg 1.30 £. and for the two lafl 
.days, the latitude, by obfervatlou, was twelve or fourteen 
tniles to the fouthward of the fnip’s account, which could have 
been the efledt of nothing but a current fetting in that direc- 
tion. About four in the afternoon, being .near five leagues 
from the land, we tacked and flood off S. E. and E. and the 
wind having veered in the night, from E. to N. E. and N. we 
tacked about four in the morning, and flood in, being then 
about nine or ten leagues from the fhore. At eight, the wind 
began to die away, and foon after it was calm. At noon, our 
latitude, by observation, was 33 : 38, and oar diitance from 
the land about fix leagues. Cape Dromedary bore S. 3/ W. 
diitant feventeen leagues, and the Pigeon Houfe N. 40 W. In 
this fituatior. we bad feventy-four fathom water. In the after- 
noon we had variable light airs and calms, till fix in the even- 
ing, when a brew e fpruftg tfp at N. by W. ; at this time, 
feeing about four or .five leagu s from the lhore, we had feven- 
ty fathom water. The Pigeon Houfe bore N. 45 W. Mount 
Dromedary S. 30 W. and the northermoil land in fight i\- 
19 E. 
We flood to the north eaft till noon the next day, with a 
gentle breeze at N. W. and tlltn we ta ked and flood vveilward. 
At this time, pur latitude, by cbiervatk .1, was 35 : 10 S. and 
longitude 208 : 51 W. A poi.it of laud which 1 had dilcover- 
ed on St. George’s day, add which Jihcrcfore I called Cap e 
Georgs 
