The Bluff head or high point of land we were abreast off yesterday at noon, I have calld Cape Turn again because here we returnd, it lies in the Latitude of 40°..34' S^o Longitude 182°..56' West and 18 Leagues SSW and SSW1/2W from Cape Kidnappers.   the land between them is of a very unequal height in some places it is high with White Clift[s] next the Sea, in others low with sandy beaches. The face of the Country is not nearly so well clothed with wood as it is about Hawkes Bay but for the most part looks like our high Downs in England, and to all appearences well inhabited, for we saw several Villages as we run along shore not only in the Vallies but on the Tops and Sides of the Hills, and smooks in other places. The ridge of Mountains before-mentioned extends to the Southward farther than we could see and are every where checquer'd with snow —

This night saw 2 Large fires up in the inland Country, a sure sign that it must be inhabited. At Noon Cape Kidnappers bore No 56° West distant 7 Leagues. Lat^d. Obd. 39° 52' S.

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