So COOK’s voyage, 
der the land, from which we faw fmoke rifing in different’ 
places. We continued to fleer along the fhore, at the dis- 
tance of about two leagues, with regular foundings from nine 
to ten fathom. At fun-fet, the farthefl point of the main 
bore N. 48 W. and to the northward of this lay fome high 
land, which I took to be an ifland, and of which the north 
well point bore 41 W. ; but not being fure of a paffage, I came 
to an anchor about eight o’clock in the evening, in ten fathom 
water, with a muddy bottom. About ten we had a tide lot- 
ting to the northward, and at two it had fallen nine feet ; after 
this it began to rife, and the flood came from the northward, 
in the direction of the iflands which lay out to fea; a plain in- 
dication that there was no paffage to the N. W. This how- 
ever had not appeared at day-break, when we got under fail 
and flood to the N. W. At eight o’clock in the morning, we 
difcovered low land quite acrcfs what we took for an opening, 
which proved to be a bay, about five or fix leagues deep ; 
upon this we hauled our wind to the eallward round the north 
point of the bay, which at this time bore from us N. E. by N. 
diftant four leagues : from this point we found the land trend 
way N. by W. \ W, and a {freight or paflage between it and a 
large ifland, or iflands, lying parallel to it- Having the tide 
of ebb in our favour, we flood for this paffage ; and at noon' 
were juft within the entrance : our latitude by obfervation was"’ : 
20 : 26 S. ; Cape Hiillborough bore S.. by E. diftant ten, 
leagues ; and the north point of the bay S. 19 W. diftant four 
miles. This point, which I named Cape Conway, lies in 
latitude 26 : 36, S. longitude 211:28 W. ; and the bay 
which lies between this cape and Cape Killfbcrough I called' 
Re pulse Bay. The greateft depth of water which we found 
in it was thirteen fathom, and the leaft eight. In all parts 
there was fafe anchorage, and I believe that, upon proper exa- 
mination, fome good harbours would be found in it; efpe- 
ciallv at the north fide within Cape Conway; for juft within 
that cape there lie two or three fmall iflands, which alone 
would fhelter that fide of The bay from the loutherly and fouth 
eafterly winds, that feem to prevail here as a Trade. Among 
the many iflands that lie upon this coaft, there is one more re- 
markable than the reft ; it is of a fmall circuit, very high and 
peaked, end lies E. by S. ten miles from Cape Conway, at 
the fouth end of the paflage. In the afternoon we fleered 
through this paflage, which we found to be from three to fe- 
ven miles broad, and eight or nine” leagues in length, N. by 
W. j VV. , S. by E. I E. It is formed by the main on the 
weft, and by the iflands on the-eaft, one of which is at leall 
five leagues in leng’h : our depth of water in running through 
was from twenty to twenty-five fathom, with good anchorage 
every where, and’’ the whole paffage may be coniidered as one 
