ts COOK’S VOYAGE, 
the W, N, W. as the land lay, tinder an eafy fail, having 
from lixteen to ten fathom, till two o’clock in the morning, 
when we fell into feven fathom ; upon which we hauled our 
wind to the northward, judging ourfelves to be very near 
land: at day- break, we found our conjecture to be true, being 
within little more than two leagues of it.' In this part of the 
coaft the land, being very low, is nearer than it appear* t« 
be, though it is diverfified with here and there a hill. At noon 
we were about four leagues from the land, in fifteen fathom 
water, and our latitude, by obfervation, was 19 : 12 S. Cape 
Upilart bearing S. 32 : 30 E. diftant twelve leagues. About 
this time fome very large columns of fmoke were feen rifing 
from the low lands. At fun-fet, the proceeding night, when 
we were clofe under Cape Upftart, the variation was nearly 
9 E. and at fun-rife this day, it was no more than 5 : 35 ; I 
judged therefore that it had been influenced by iron ore, or 
other magnetical matter, contained under the furface of the 
'earth. 
We continued to fleer W. N. W„ as the land lay, with 
twelve or fourteen fathom water, till noon on the 6th, when 
our latitude by obfervation, was 19 : 1 S. and we had the 
mouth of a bay all open, extending from S. £ E. to S. W. 
f S. diftant two leagues. This bay, which named Cleave- 
iand Bat, appeared to be about five or fix miles in extent 
everyway: the eaft point I named Cape Cleaveland, and 
the wefi, which had the appearance of an ifland, Magneti- 
cal Isle, as we perceived that the compafs did not traverfe 
well when we were near it ; they are both high, and fo is the 
main land within them, the whole forming a furface the moil 
rugged, rocky, and barren of any we had feen upon the coaft ; 
it was not however without inhabitants, for we faw fmoke in 
feveral parts of the bottom of the bay. The northermoft land 
that was in fight at this time, bore N. W. and it had the 
appearance of an ifland, for we could not trace the main land 
farther than W. by N. We fleered W. N. W. keeping the 
main land on board, tl^ outermoft part of which, at fun-fet, 
bore W. by N. but without it lay high land, which we judged 
not to be part of it. At day-break, we were abreaft of the 
eaftern part of this land, which we found to be a group of 
iflands, lying about five leagues from the main : at this time, 
being between the two ftiores, we advanced {lowly to the N, 
W. till noon, when our latitude, by obfervation, was 18 : 49 
S. and our diftance from the main about five leagues : the 
north weft part of it bore from us N. by W. \ W. the iflands 
extending from N. to E. and the nearell being diftant about 
two miles : Cape Cleaveland bore S. 50 E. diftant eighteen 
leagues. Our foundings, in the courfe that we had failed be- 
tween 
