towards the Eaſt, the land was covered with ſmall trees or buſhes without leaves, and very few ſpots of verdure were viſible to us; a few ſeals were ſeen on the ſhore. The land riſes at ſhort intervening diſtances in ſmall hills or hillocks, of very ſingular forms, which, when obſerved through a glaſs, and at no great diſtance from the ſhore, have the appearance of habitations, while the prickly pear-trees, and the torch thiſtles, look like their owners, ſtanding around them. In other parts, the hills riſe ſo ſudden on the low land, that, having a ſmall offing, they appear to be ſo many ſeparate iſlands. About four miles off the North Eaſt end, there is a ſmall iſlet, which is connected by a reef with the main iſle: it is covered with ſeals, and the breakers reach ſome diſtance from the ſhore. The higheſt land, at this part of the iſle, is of a very moderate height, deſcending gradually to the ſhore, which conſiſts, alternately of rocks, and ſand: ſome, of the rocky parts, being much inſulated, they form winding inlets, of two or three miles in depth, and from one to two cables in breadth.
At the diſtance of two or three miles, to the Weſtward of the iſlet, I hove to, and ſent the chief mate on ſhore to ſound and land. At eight, P. M. he returned with green turtle and tortoiſes, turtle doves and guanas; but they ſaw no eſculent