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avoided by keeping a good look out, as there are large bunches of rock weed upon them all. We found here a fufficient fupply of wood and water, the wood however was very fmall. As the water is constantly smooth here, the landing is every where good; but we found no fupply of provisions, except a few muffels and rock-fish. The mcuntains round it have the most horrid appearance, and feem to be altogether deferted by every thing that has life. The latitude is 539 29 S., the longitude, by account, 74° 35′ W.; the variation is two points easterly, and the tide rifes and falls between four and five feet. We anchored here the 15th of March, and left the place the next day.

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XII. UPRIGHT BAY. This bay may be fafely entered, as there is no obftruction, but what is above water. The wood here is very small, but we found fufficient to keep up our stock. The water is excellent, and in great plenty. As to provifions, we got only a few wild fowl, rockfishes, and muffels. The landing is bad. The latitude of this place is 53° 8' S., longitude 75° 35 W.; the variation two points easterly. The water rifes and falls about five feet, but the tide or current is very irregular. We anchored here on the 18th of March, and failed again on the 10th of April.

There are three very good bays a little beyond Cape Shutup, which we called RIVER BAY, LODGING BAY, and WALLIS'S BAY. Wallis's Bay is the best.

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About half way between Elizabeth's Bay and York Road, lies Mufcle Bay, where there is very good anchorage with a wefterly wind. There is also a bay, with good anchorage, oppofite to York Road, and another to the eastward of Cape Crosstide, but this will hold only a fingle fhip. Be tween Cape Crofs and Saint David's Head, lies: Saint David's Sound, on the fouth fide of which we found a bank of coarse fand and fhells, with a. depth of water from 19 to 30 fathom, where a fhip might anchor in case of neceffity; and the mafter of the Swallow found a very good fmall bay a little to the eastward of Saint David's Head. A little to the eastward of Cape Quod, lies Inland Bay, where the Swallow lay fome time, but it is. by no means an eligible fituation. The ground of Chance Bay is very rocky and uneven, and for that reason should be avoided.

As all the violent gales by which we fuffered in this navigation, blew from the weftward, it is pro per to ftand about a hundred leagues or more to the westward, after failing out of the Streight, that the fhip may not be endangered on a lee-fhore, which at present is wholly unknown.

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Courfes and Distances from Point to Point, in the Streight of Magellan by Compass.

Cape Virgin Mary lies in latitude 52° 24′ S. and longitude 68° 22′ W.

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Cape Holland to Cape Gallant
Cape Gallant to Elizabeth's Bay
Elizabeth's Bay to York Point
York Road to Cape Cross-tide
York Road to Cape Quod
Cape Quod to St. David's Head
Cape Quod to Butler's Bay
Cape Quod to Chance Bay
Cape Quod to Great Muffel Bay
Cape Quod to Snow Sound

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1767. April.

CHA P. IV.

The Paffage from the Streight of Magellan, to King George the Third's Iland, called Otaheite, in the South Sea, with an Account of the Discovery of feveral other lands, and a Defcription of their Inhabitants.

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S we continued our courfe to the weftward, after having cleared the Streight, we faw a Sunday 12. great number of gannets, fheerwaters, pintada birds, and many others, about the ship, and had for the most part ftrong gales, hazey weather, and heavy feas, fo that we were frequently brought under our courses, and there was not a dry place in the ship for fome weeks together.

Wednef. 22. At eight in the morning of the 22d, we had an obfervation, by which we found our longitude to be 95° 46′ W. and at noon, our latitude was 42° 24 S. and the variation, by azimuth, 11° 6' E.

Friday 24.

Sunday 26.

Monday 27.

By the 24th, the men began to fall down very faft in colds and fevers, in confequence of the upper works being open, and their clothes and beds continually wet.

On the 26th, at four in the afternoon, the variation, by azimuth, was 10° 20′ E. and at fix in the morning of the next day, it was 9° 8' E. Our latitude, on the 27th at noon, was 36° 54′ S. our longitude, by account, 100 W. This day, the

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