!24 COOK’s voyage. 
all night; for I was not willing to run to leeward till I had a 
whole day before me. In the morning, at day-break. Lizard 
Ifland bore S. 15 E. diflant ten leagues; and we then made 
fail and Hood away N. N.W.fW. till 9 o’clock, when we flood 
N. W. \ N. having the advantage of a frefh gale at S. E. 
At noon, our latitude by obfervation was 13 0 46' S. and at 
this time we had no land in fight. At fix in the evening we 
Ihortened fail and brought the fhip to, with her head to the 
W. E. ; and at fix in the morning made fail and fleered weft, 
in order to get within fight of the land, that I' might be fure 
not to overfhoot the paffage, if a paflage there was, between 
this land and New Guinea. At noon, our latitude by obfer- 
vation was 13 0 2 S., longitude 216° W. ; which was i° 23' 
W. of Lizard Ifland : at this time we had no land in fight; 
but a little before one o’clock, we faw high land from the maft 
head, bearing W. S. W. At two we faw no more land to the 
N. W. of that we had feen before : it appeared in hills, like 
lflands ; but we judged it to be a continuation of the main 
land. About three we difcovered breakers between the land 
and the fhip, extending to the fouthward farther than we could 
fee ; but to the north we thought we faw them terminate 
abreaft of us. What we took for the end of them in this di- 
rection, however, foon appeared to be only an opening in the 
reef ; for we prefen tly faw them again, extending northward 
beyond the reach of our fight. Upon this we hauled iSofe upon 
a wind, which was' now at E. S. E. and we had fcarcely trim- 
med our fails before it came to E. by N. which was right upon 
the reef, and confequently made our clearing it doubtful. At 
funfet the northermoft part of it that was in fight bore from us 
N. by E. and was two or three leagues dittany ; this however 
being the beft tack to clear it, we kept Handing to the north- 
ward with all the fail we could fet till midnight; when, being 
afraid of Handing too far in this direction, we tacked and flood 
to the fouthward, our run from funfet to this time being fix 
leagues N. andN. by E. When we had flood about two miles 
S. S. E. it fell calm ; we had founded feveral times during the 
night, but had no bottom with one hundred and forty fathom, 
neither had we any ground now with the fame length of line ; 
yet, about four in the morning, we plainly heard the roaring 
of the furf, and at break of day faw it foaming to a vaft height, 
at not more than a mile’s diftance. Our diftrefs now re- 
turned upon us with double force ; the waves which rolled in 
upon the reef, carried us towards it very fail ; we could reach 
no ground with an anchor, and had not a breath of wind for 
the^fail. In this dreadful fituation, no refource was left us 
but the boats ; and to aggravate our misfortune the pinnace 
was under repair : the long boat and yawl however were put 
into the water, and fent ahead to tow, which, by the help of 
our 
