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 In the evening we got well up with the South end of Narborough Ile, and tood along to the North Wetward, by the Wet hore. The current or tide had now changed its coure, and et, from the Wet and South, to the Northward, directly on that ile, and the night proving calm, with ome difficulty we cleared it; for we could not find any bottom at the ditance of half a mile from the hore, with one hundred and fifty fathom of line. At the return of day the weather was dark and cloudy, with lightning in the South Eat. At noon I oberved on the Equator, the extreme points of Narborough Ile, bearing from South 21° Eat, to South 52° Eat. The North Wet Cape of Albemarle Ile, (which I have named Cape Berkeley, from the honourable Captain Berkeley), bearing Eat 4° North, North end Eat 27° North. The North point of land in ight, bearing Eat 36° North, and the Rodondo Rock North 5° Eat, at the ditance of five or ix leagues.

I ent away a boat in the forenoon to ound a large bay, formed by the North end of Narborough Ile and Berkeley point, (which I have named Banks's Bay in honour of Sir Joeph Banks), or under Berkeley point, in order to dicover a place of anchorage: the boat, however, did not