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dentations. Hence it became a matter of conve¬ 
nience to give names to the most remarkable pro-' 
montories, inlets, and islands; and in this, I con¬ 
sidered myself justified, by the example of former 
navigators; particularly as my survey was the first 
that had ever been attempted of this coast, and 
many of my researches appeared to be original dis¬ 
coveries. The names now applied I derived partly 
from peculiar characters observed in the land; but 
more generally from the remembrance of respect¬ 
ed friends, to whom I was wishful to pay a com¬ 
pliment that might possibly survive the lapse of 
ages. 
The northernmost land seen, as I have before 
observed, coincided in latitude with the position 
usually given to the Land of Gale Hamkes, said 
to have been discovered in the year 1654, by a 
Dutch whale-fisher of this name, commanding a 
ship called the Orangcbovn; and an inlet stretch¬ 
ing to the north-west, adjoining it, had such an 
appearance and position, as seemed to identify it 
with Gale Hamkes’ Bay. The eastern head-land 
of this bay lies in latitude, about 74° 59', and in 
longitude 18° 50' W., differing from the meridian 
given to it by the best charts about seven de¬ 
grees, and from that given to it by the charts, pub¬ 
lished for the use of the whale-fishers, 820 miles 
of longitude, or nearly fourteen degrees! 
A little to the south-west of Gale Hamkes’ 
