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1776- feems to have been the cafe when Captain FurneauX paffed 
» eLC “ 1 - er ', it. For his log-book makes no mention of fogs or hazy 
weather ; on the contrary, it exprefsly tells us, that, when 
in this fituation, they had it in their power to make obfer- 
vations, both for latitude and longitude, on board his fhip ; 
fo that, if this land extends farther South than Cape George, 
it would have been fcarcely poflible that he fhould have 
paffed without feeing it. 
From thefe circumftances we are able to determine, 
within a very few miles, the quantity of latitude that this 
land occupies; which does not much exceed one degree 
and a quarter. As to its extent from Eall to Weft, that 
ftill remains undecided. We only know, that no part 
of it can reach fo far to the Weft as the meridian of 65°; 
becaufe, in 1773, under that meridian, I fearched for it in 
vain #. 
The French difcoverers, with fome reafon, imagined Cape 
St. Louis t to be the projecting point of the Southern conti¬ 
nent. 
* If the French obfervations, as marked upon Captain Cook’s Chart, and ftill more 
authentically upon that publiftied by their own difcoverers, may be depended upon, this 
land doth not reach fo far to the Weft as the meridian of 68°; Cape Louis, which 
is reprefented as its moft Wefterly point,, being laid down by them to the Eaft of that 
meridian. 
f The idea of Cape Louis being this projecting point of a Southern continent, muft 
have foon vaniihed, as Cape Francois, within a year after, was found, by the fame difco- 
verer, to lie above one third of a degree farther North upon the fame land. But if Ker¬ 
guelen entertained any fuch imagination at firft, we are fure that, at prefent, he thinks 
very differently. This appears from the following explicit declaration of his fentiments, 
which deferves to be tranfcribed from his late publication, as it does equal honour to his 
candour, and to Captain Cook’s abilities. “ La terre que j’ai decouverte eft certaine- 
“ ment une IJle ; puifque le celebre Capitaine Cook a paffe au Sud, lors de fon premiere 
u voyage, fans rien rencontrer. Je juge meme, que cette ifle rieft pas bien grande. II y 
“ a auffi apparence, d’apres le Voyage de Mcnfieur Cook, que toute cette etendue de 
“ Mers 
