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1770.

February.

Cape Coamaroo, in latitude 41° 44' S. longitude 1830 45′ W. and with Cape Palmer forms the southern entrance of the ftreight, the distance between them being between thirteen and fourteen leagues W. by S. and E. by N.

From the Cape we steered along the fhore S. W. by S. till eight o'clock in the evening, when the wind died away. About half an hour afterwards, however, a fresh breeze sprung up at S. W. and I put the hip right before it. My reason for this, was a notion which fome of the officers had just started, that Eaheinomauwe was not an island, and that the land might ftretch away to the S. E. from between Cape Turnagain and Cape Pallifer, there being a space of between twelve and fifteen leagues that we had not feen. I had indeed the strongest conviction that they were mistaken, not only from what I had feen the first time I discovered the streight, but from many other concurrent testimonies, that the land in queftion was an ifland; but being refolved to leave no poffibility of doubt, with respect to an object of fuch importance, I took the opportunity of the wind's fhifting to stand eastward, and accordingly steered N. E. by E. all the night. At nine Thurfd. 8. o'clock in the morning we were a-breast of Cape Pallifer, and found the land trend away N. E. towards Cape Turnagain, which I reckoned to be diftant about twenty-fix leagues: however, as the weather was hazy, fo as to prevent our feeing above four or five leagues, Í ftill kept standing to the N. E. with a light breeze at fouth, and at noon Cape Pallifer bore N. 72 W. distant about three leagues.

About three o'clock in the afternoon three canoes came up to the ship, with between thirty and forty people on board, who had been pulling after us with great labour and perfeverance for fome time. They appeared to be more cleanly, and a better clafs, than any we had met with fince we left the Bay of Islands, and their canoes were also distinguished by the fame ornaments which we had feen upon the northerly part of the coafst. They came on board with very little invitation, and their behaviour was courteous and friendly: upon receiving prefents from us, they made us prefents in return, which had not been done by any of the natives

that

February.

that we had feen before. We foon perceived that our 1770. guests had heard of us, for as foon as they came on board, they asked for Whow, the name by which nails were known among the people with whom we had trafficked: but though they had heard of nails, it was plain they had feen none: for when nails were given them, they asked Tupia what they were. The term Whow, indeed, conveyed to them the idea not of their quality, but only of their ufe; for it is the fame by which they diftinguish a tool, commonly made of bone, which they use both as an augur and a chiffel. However, their knowing that we had Whow to fell, was a proof that their connections extended as far north as Cape Kidnappers, which was distant no less than fortyfive leagues: for that was the southermost place on this fide the coaft where he had any traffic with the natives. It is also probable, that the little knowledge which the inhabitants of Queen Charlotte's Sound had of iron, they obtained from their neighbours at Tierawitte; for we had no reason to think that the inhabitants of any part of this coaft had the least knowledge of iron or its ufe before we came among them, especially as when it was first offered they feemed to difregard it as of no value. We thought it probable, that we were now once more in the territories of Teratu; but upon inquiring of these people, they faid that he was not their king. After a fhort time, they went away, much gratified with the presents that we had made them; and we pursued our course along the shore to the N. E. till eleven o'clock the next morning. About this time, the weather happening to clear up, we faw Cape Turn- Friday 9. again, bearing N. by E. E. at the distance of about feven leagues: I then called the officers upon deck, and afked them, whether they were not now fatisfied, that Eaheinomauwe was an ifland; they readily answered in the affirmative, and all doubts being now removed, we hauled our wind to the eastward.

AN

1770. February.

Friday 9.
Sund. 11.

AN

ACCOUNT

OF A

VOYAGE round the WORLD.

BOOK II.

CHAP. VII.

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

ticulars.

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T four o'clock in the afternoon of Friday the 9th of February, having tacked, we ftood S. W. and continued to make fail to the fouthward till funfet 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. Between the foot of the high land and the fea there is a low flat border, of which there are some rocks that appear above water. Between this Cape and Cape Turnagain, the land near the fhore is, in many places, low and flat, and has a green and pleasant 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 also 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,

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calms, we had advanced no farther by the 12th at noon than latitude 41°52', Cape Pallifer then bearing north, diftant about five leagues; and the fnowy mountains Monday 12. S. 83 W.

At noon on the 13th, we found ourselves in the la- Tuesd. 13. titude of 42° 2' S. Cape Pallifer bearing N. 20 E. diftant eight leagues. In the afternoon, a fresh gale sprung up at N. E. and we steered S. W. by W. for the fouthermost land in fight, which at funfet 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, having WedneL. 14 run one and twenty leagues S. 58 W. fince the preceding noon, it fell calm. We were then a-breast 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 rifes direaly from the fea, and runs parallel with the fhore, which lies N. E. N. and S. W. S. The north-weft end of the ridge rifes inland, not far from Cape Campbell; and both the mountain, and the ridge are diftinely feen as well from Cape Koamaroo as Cape Pallifer: from Koamaroo they are diftant two and twenty leagues S. W. S. and from Cape Pallifer thirty leagues W. S. W. and are of a height fufficient to be feen at a much greater distance. At noon this day, we were in latitude 42° 34' S. The fouthermoft land in fight bore S. W. W. and fome low land that appeared like an island, and lay close 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-feven men, put off from that fhore, and made 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 shore, and he was at a confiderable distance from the fhip, which was between him and the shore; fo that it being a dead calm, I began to be in fome pain for him, fearing that he might not fee the canoes time enough to reach the fhip before they fhould get up with him: foon after, however we faw his boat in motion, and had the pleasure to take him.

on

1770. on board before the Indians came up, who probably February had not feen him, as their attention feemed to be whol

ly fixed upon the fhip. They came within about a ftone's caft, and then stopped, gazing at us with a look of vacant astonishment: Tupia exerted all his eloquence to prevail upon them to come nearer, but without any After furveying us for fome time, they left us, and made towards the fhore; but had not measured more than half the distance between that and the ship 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 good-will. From the behaviour of our laft vifitors, I gave the land from which they had put off, and 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 ftretched off fouth-east, because some on board thought they faw land in that quarter. In this course we continued till fix o'clock Thurf. 15. 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 observation was 42° 56' S. and the high land that we were a-breast of the preceding noon bore N. N. W. W. In the afternoon we had a light breeze at N. E. with which we steered weft, edging for the land, which was diftant about eight leagues. At seven in the evening we were about fix leagues from the fhore, and the fouthermoft extremity of the land in fight bore

Friday 16.

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. About eight a breeze fprung up, at

N. by

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