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time, the weather happening to clear up, we saw Cape Turnagain, bearing N. by E. E. at the distance of about feven leagues: I then called Friday 9. the officers upon deck, and asked them, whether they were not now fatisfied, that Eahienomauwe was an ifland; they readily answered in the affirmative, and all doubts being now removed, we hauled our wind to the eastward.

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CHAP. VII.

Range from Cape Turnagain fouthward along the eastern Coast of Poenammoo, round Cape South, and back to the western Entrance of Cook's Streight, which completed the Circumnavigation of this Country; with a Defcription of the Coaft, and of Admiralty Bay: The Departure from New Zealand, and various Particulars.

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T four o'clock in the afternoon of Friday the 9th of February, we tacked, and ftood S. W. till eight o'clock the next morning; when, being not above three or four miles from the fhore, we stood off two hours, and then again S. W. till noon, when, at the distance of about two miles from the fhore, we had twentyfix fathom water.

We continued to make fail to the fouthward till funset on the 11th, when a fresh breeze at N. E. had carried us back again the length of Cape Pallifer, of which as the weather was clear we had a good view. It is of a height fufficient to be seen in clear weather at the distance of twelve or fourteen leagues, and the land is of a

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broken and hilly furface. Between the foot of the high land and the fea there is a low flat border, off which there are some rocks that appear above water. Between this Cape and Cape Turnagain, the land near the shore is, in many places, low and flat, and has a green and pleafant appearance; but farther from the fea it rifes into hills. The land between Cape Pallifer and Cape Tierawitte is high and makes in table-points; it alfo feemed to us to form two bays, but we were at too great a distance from this part of the coaft, to judge accurately from appearances. The wind having been variable, with calms, we had advanced no farther by the 12th at noon than latitude 41° 52', Cape Palli- Monday 12. fer then bearing north, distant about five leagues; and the fnowy mountain S. 83 W.

At noon on the 13th, we found ourselves in Tuesday 13. the latitude of 42° 2' S.; Cape Pallifer bearing N. 20 E. diftant eight leagues. In the afternoon, a fresh gale fprung up at N. E. and we fteered S. W. by W. for the fouthermoft land in fight, which at sunset bore from us S. 74 W. At this time the variation was 15° 4′ E.

At eight o'clock in the morning of the 14th, Wednef. 1. having run one and twenty leagues S. 58 W. fince the preceding noon, it fell calm. We were then abreast of the fnowy mountain which bore from us N. W. and in this direction lay behind a mountainous ridge of nearly the fame height, which

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which rifes directly from the fea, and runs parallel with the fhore, which lies N. E N. and Wednef. 14. S. W. S. The north weft end of the ridge

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rifes inland, not far from Cape Campbell; and both the mountain and the ridge are diftinctly feen as well from Cape Koamaroo as Cape Pallifer from Koamaroo they are distant two and twenty leagues S. W. S.; and from Cape Pallifer thirty leagues W. S. W.; and are of a height fufficient to be seen at a much greater diftance. Some perfons on board were of opinion that they were as high as Teneriffe; but I did not think them as high as Mount Egmont on the fouth west coaft of Eahienomauwe; becaufe the fnow, which almost entirely covered Mount Egmont, lay only in patches upon thefe, At noon this day, we were in latitude 42° 34' S. The southermoft land in fight bore S. W. W.; and fome low land that appeared like an island, and lay clofe under the foot of the ridge, bore N. W. by N. about five or fix leagues.

In the afternoon, when Mr. Banks was out in the boat a fhooting, we faw with our glaffes, four double canoes, having on board fifty-feyen men, put off from that fhore, and make towards him we immediately made fignals for him to come on board; but the fhip, with refpect to him, being right in the wake of the fun, he did not fee them. We were at a confiderable distance from the fhore, and he was at a confider

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able distance from the ship, which was between him and the fhore; fo that, it being a dead calm, I began to be in fome pain for him, fear- Wednef. 14, ing that he might not fee the canoes time enough to reach the ship before they should get up with him foon after, however, we faw his boat in motion, and had the pleasure to take him on board before the Indians came up, who probably had not feen him, as their attention feemed to be wholly fixed upon the fhip. They came within about a stone's cast, and then stopped, gazing at us with a look of vacant aftonishment: Tupia exerted all his eloquence to prevail upon them to come nearer, but without any effect. After surveying us for some time, they left us, and made towards the shore; but had not measured more than half the distance between that and the fhip before it was dark. We imagined that these people had heard nothing of us, and could not but remark the different behaviour and difpofitions of the inhabitants of the different parts of this coaft upon their first approaching the veffel. These kept aloof with a mixture of timidity and wonder; others had immediately commenced hoftilities, by pelting us with ftones: the gentleman whom we had found alone, fishing in his boat, feemed to think us entirely unworthy of his notice; and fome, almost without invitation, had come on board with an air of perfect confidence and goodY 4 will.

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