In the evening we got well up with the South end of Narborough Iſle, and ſtood along to the North Weſtward, by the Weſt ſhore. The current or tide had now changed its courſe, and ſet, from the Weſt and South, to the Northward, directly on that iſle, and the night proving calm, with ſome difficulty we cleared it; for we could not find any bottom at the diſtance of half a mile from the ſhore, with one hundred and fifty fathom of line. At the return of day the weather was dark and cloudy, with lightning in the South Eaſt. At noon I obſerved on the Equator, the extreme points of Narborough Iſle, bearing from South 21° Eaſt, to South 52° Eaſt. The North Weſt Cape of Albemarle Iſle, (which I have named Cape Berkeley, from the honourable Captain Berkeley), bearing Eaſt 4° North, North end Eaſt 27° North. The North point of land in ſight, bearing Eaſt 36° North, and the Rodondo Rock North 5° Eaſt, at the diſtance of five or ſix leagues.
I ſent away a boat in the forenoon to ſound a large bay, formed by the North end of Narborough Iſle and Berkeley point, (which I have named Banks's Bay in honour of Sir Joſeph Banks), or under Berkeley point, in order to diſcover a place of anchorage: the boat, however, did not