1770. February. will. From the behaviour of our last visitors, I gave the land from which they had put off, and Wednef. 14. which, as I have before obferved, had the appearance of an island, the name of LOOKERS ON. At eight o'clock in the evening, a breeze fprung up at S. S. W. with which I stretched off southeast, because fome on board thought they faw land in that quarter. In this course we continued Thurfd. 15. till fix o'clock the next morning, when we had run eleven leagues, but faw no land, except that which we had left. Having stood to the S. E. with a light breeze, which veered from the weft to the north, till noon, our latitude by obfervation was 42° 56' S., and the high land that we were abreast of the preceding noon bore N. N. W. W. In the afternoon we had a light breeze at N. E. with which we fteered weft, edging in for the land, which was distant about eight leagues. At feven in the evening, we were about fix leagues from the shore, and the fouthermoft extremity of the land in fight bore W. S. W. At day-break on the 16th, we discovered land bearing S. by W. and feemingly detached from the coast we were upon. fprung up, at N. by E. About eight, a breeze and we steered directly for it. At noon, we were in latitude 43° 19′ S. the peak on the fnowy mountain bore N. 20 E. distant twenty seven leagues; the fouthern ex tremity 1770. February. tremity of the land we could fee bore weft, and the land which had been discovered in the morning appeared like an island extending from Friday 16. S. S. W. to S. W. by W. W. diftant about eight leagues. In the afternoon, we stood to the fouthward of it, with a fresh breeze at north: at eight in the evening, we had run eleven leagues, and the land then extended from S. W. by W. to N. by W, We were then distant about three or four leagues from the nearest fhore, and in this fituation had fifty fathom water, with a fine fandy bottom. The variation of the compafs by this morning's amplitude was 14° 39′ E. At fun-rife, the next morning, our opinion Saturd. 17. that the land we had been standing for was an ifland, was confirmed, by our feeing part of the land of Tovy Poenammoo open to the weftward of it, extending as far as W. by S. At eight in the morning, the extremes of the island bore N. 76 W. and N. N. E. E.; and an opening near the south point, which had the appearance of a bay or harbour, N. 20 W. diftant between three and four leagues: in this fituation we had thirty-eight fathom water with a brown fandy bottom. Inland. This ifland, which I named after Mr. Banks, Banks's lies about five leagues from the coaft of Tovy Poenammoo; the fouth point bears S. 21 W. from the highest peak on the fnowy mountain, and lies in latitude 43° 32′ S. and in longitude 1770. February, 186° 30′ W. by an obfervation of the fun and moon which was made this morning; it is of a Saturd. 17 circular figure, and about twenty-four leagues in compals; it is fufficiently high to be feen at the distance of twelve or fifteen leagues, and the land has a broken irregular furface, with the appearance rather of barrenness than fertility; yet it was inhabited, for we faw fmoke in one place, and a few ftraggling natives in another. When this island was first discovered in the direction of S. by W. fome perfons on board were of opinion that they alfo faw land bearing S. S. E. and S. E. by E. I was myself upon the deck at the time, and told them, that in my opinion it was no more than a cloud, and that as the fun rofe it would diffipate and vanish. However, as I was determined to leave no fubject for difputation which experiment could remove, I ordered the ship to be wore, and steered E. S. E. by compass, in the direction which the land was faid to bear from us at that time. At noon we were in latitude 44° 7 S.; the fouth point of Banks's Inland bearing north, diftant five leagues. By seven o'clock at night we had run eight and twenty miles, when feeing no land, nor any figns of any, but that which we had left, we bore away S. by W. and continued upon Sunday 18. that courfe till the next day at noon, when we were in latitude 45° 16', the fouth point of Banks's Island bearing N. 69 30 W. distant twenty 1770. February. twenty-eight leagues. The variation by the azimuth this morning was 15° 30′ E. As no figns of land had yet appeared to the fouth- Sunday 18. ward, and as I thought that we had stood far enough in that direction to weather all the land. we had left, judging from the report of the na tives in Queen Charlotte's Sound, I hauled to the weftward. We had a moderate breeze at N. N. W. and N. till eight in the evening, when it became unfettled; and at ten fixed at fouth: during the night, it blew with fuch violence that it brought us under our clofe reefed topfails. At eight the next morning, having run twenty- Monday 19 eight leagues upon a W. by N. N. courfe, and judging ourselves to be to the weftward of the land of Tovy Poenammoo, we bore away N. W. with a fresh gale at fouth. At ten, having run eleven miles upon this courfe, we faw land extending from the S. W. to the N. W. at the dif tance of about ten leagues, which we hauled up for. At noon, our latitude by observation was 44° 38', the fouth east point of Banks's Inland bore N. 58° 30′ E. diftant thirty leagues, and the main body of the land in fight W. by N. A head fea prevented us from making much way to the fouthward; at feven in the evening the extremes of the land ftretched from S. W. by S. to N. by W.; and at fix leagues from the fhore we had thirty-two fathom water. At four o'clock 1770. February. o'clock the next morning, we ftood in for the fhore W. by S. and during a course of four Thurfd. 20, leagues, our depth of water was from thirty Wędnef. 21. two to thirteen fathom. When it was thirteen fathom we were but three miles diftant from the shore, and therefore ftood off; its direction is here nearly N. and S. The furface, to the distance of about five miles from the sea, is low and flat; but it then rifes into hills of a confiderable height. It appeared to be totally barren, and we faw no figns of its being inhabited. Our latitude, at noon, was 44° 44'; and the longitude which we made from Banks's Inland to this place was 2° 22′ W. During the last twenty-four hours, though we carried as much fail as the ship would bear, we were driven three leagues to the leeward. We continued to ftand off and on all this day and the next, keeping at the distance of between four and twelve leagues from the shore, and having water from thirty-five to fifty-three Thurfd. 22. fathom. On the 22d, at noon, we had no observation, but by the land judged ourselves to be about three leagues farther north than we had been the day before. At fun-fet, the weather, which had been hazy, clearing up, we faw a mountain which rofe in a high peak, bearing N. W. by N.; and at the same time, we faw the land more distinctly than before, extending from N. to S. W. by S. which, at some dis tance |