.84 COOK’s VOYAGE. 
idands, which lie off the northern point of the bay. , Between 
the three outermod of thefe idands, and thofe near the lhore, X 
found a channel about a mile broad, through which I paffed, 
and upon one of the neared idands we faw with our glaffes 
about thirty of the natives, men, women, and children, all 
Handing together, and looking with great attention at the 
ihip ; the fird inftance of curiofity that we had feen among 
them : they were all hark naked, with fhort hair, and of the 
fame complexion with thofe that we had feen before. At 
noon, our latitude, by obfervation, was 17 : 59, and we were 
abread of the north point of Rockingham Bay, which bore 
from us W. at the diftance of about two miles. This boun- 
dary of the bay is formed by an idand of confiderable height, 
which in the chart is didinguilhed by the name of Dunk 
Isle, and which lies fo near the lhore as not to be ealily dif- 
tinguilhed from it. Our longitude was 213 : 57 W. Cape 
Sandwich bore S. byE. f-E. didant nineteen miles, and the 
northermoll land in fight N. \ W. : our depth of water for 
the lad ten hours had not been more than fixteen, nor lefs 
than feven fathom. At fun-fet, the northern extremity of die 
land bore N. 25 W. and we kept our courfe N. by W. along 
the coad, at the didance of between three and four leagues, 
with an eafy fail all night, having from twelve to fifteen fa- 
thom water. 
At fix o’clock in the morning, we were abread of fome 
fmall idands, which we called Frankland’s Isles, and 
which lie about two leagues didant from the main land. The 
mod didant point in fight to the northward bore N. by W. \ 
W. and we thought it was part of the main, but afterwards 
found it to be an iiland of confiderable height, and about four 
miles in circuit. Between this idand and a point on the 
main, from which it is didant about two miles, I paffed with 
the Ihip. At noon, we were in the middle of the channel, and 
by obfervation in the latitude of 16 : 57 S. with 20 fathom wa- 
ter, the point on the main of which we were now abread, I cal- 
led Cape Grafton*, its latitude is 16 : 57 S. and longitude 
214:6 W. and the land here, as well as the whole coad for 
about twenty leagues to the fouthward, is high, has a rocky 
fuiface, and is thinly covered with wood : during the night 
we had feen feveral fires, and about noon fome people. Hav- 
ing hauled round Cape Grafton, we found the land trend 
away N. W. by W. and three miles the wedward of the Cape 
we found a bay, in which we anchored about two miles from 
the lhore, in four fathom water, with an ouzey bottom. The 
ead point of the bay bore 5 . 74 E. the wed point S. 83 W. and 
a low, green, woody iiland, which lies in the offing, N. 35 
E. This idand, which .lies N. by E. £ E. didant three or four 
leagues 
