The land forms a kind of bay, the extremes of which bore, from South 43° Weſt, a high bluff; to Eaſt 34° North, a low point; there is a diſtant high rock, off the South Weſt point. Weſt 33° South, which lays off the Eaſt part of a deep commodious bay. South by Eaſt of us, was a ſmall bay, formed by two rocky points; in the Eaſt part of which, was one of thoſe ſmall creeks, already mentioned. I ſounded round the ſhip with two boats, as well as between us, and the ſhore: here we found a good bottom, the ſoundings increaſing or decreaſing as we diſtanced or neared the land.
Two boats now landed abreaſt of the ſhip, and the crews dividing, took the ſeparate courſes of Eaſt and Weſt, in ſearch of water and vegetables: a third boat I ſent off to the large bay, which is diſtinguiſhed by the high rock, on a ſimilar purſuit, but they all returned in the evening, without having attained the objects of their ſearch. The boat from the Weſt, had found an uncommon kind of ſand; we ſuppoſed it, from its weight, to contain ſome kind of ore, and which we afterwards found, to be ſmall topazes.
This iſle is of a moderate height, the higheſt parts being to the Weſtward. All the North ſide deſcends gradually to the ſea, forming low points. Many parts are well wooded, but as it was winter, there was no appearance of verdure,