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 		12 February 1770

Monday 12th Most part of PM had a fresh breeze at N, E, which by sun set carried us the length of C. Pallisser and as the weather was clear I had an oppertunity of Viewing the land of this Cape which is of a height sufficient to be seen in clear weather 12 or 14 Leagues off and is of a broken and hilly surface; between the foot of the high land and the Sea is a border of low flat land off which lies some rocks ^that appear above water. Between this Cape and Cape Turnagain which is       Leagues N         and        the land near the shore is in many places low and flat and appear'd green and pleasent, but inland are many hills. From Cape Pallisser to Cape Teera-whitte the Course is NW1/2 and NW distant        Leagues, the land between them the land the land is tollerable high makeing in Table points and the Shore forms two Bays, at least it appear'd so for we were always too far off this part of the Coast to be particular —

The wind continued at NE untill 12 at night when it died away and veer'd round to the West and afterwards to South and SSE little wind so that by noon we had advanced no farther than 41°..52' South Latitude Cape Pallisser bearing North distant 5 Leagues and the snowey mountain bore So 83° West —

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