THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
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land about Cape Digby, when examined through our glades, i 77 s. 
refembled the reft of the low land we had before met with; December ' 
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that is, it appeared to be partly naked and partly covered 
with a green turf; a defcription of which lhall be given in 
its proper place. The fhore is compofed of fandy beaches, 
on which were many penguins, and other oceanic birds ; 
and an immenfe number of fhags kept perpetually flying 
about the fhips as we failed along. 
Being defirous of getting the length of Cape George, to 
be affured whether or no it was the moft Southerly point of 
the whole land, I continued to ftretch to the South, under 
all the fail we could carry, till half an hour pall feven 
o’clock; when, feeing no likelihood of accomplifhing my 
delign, as the wind had, by this time, fhifted to Well South 
Well, the very direction in which we wanted to go, I took 
the advantage of the fhifting of the wind, and flood away 
from the coaft. 
At this time Cape George bore South 53 0 Weft, diltant 
about feven leagues. A fmall illand that lies off the pitch 
of the Cape, was the only land we could fee to the South 
of it; and we were farther confirmed that there was no 
more in that quarter, by a South Well fwell which we 
met as foon as we brought the Cape to bear in this direc¬ 
tion. 
But we have Hill a llronger proof that no part of this land 
can extend much, if at all, to the Southward of Cape 
George; and that is, Captain Furneaux’s track in February 
1773, after his feparation from me during my late voyage. 
His log-book is now lying before me ; and I find from it, 
that he eroded the meridian of this land only about fieven- 
teen leagues to the Southward of Cape George ; a dillance 
at which it may very well be feen in clear weather. This’ 
V° L * M feems 
