The Land of this Point is tolerable high and may be known by a round hillick or rock that appears to be detatched from the Point but I beleive it joins to it. Between this Cape and Cape Iron Head the Shore forms a large Bay which I named Rockingham Bay before it lay the group of Islands before mentioned and some others nearer the shore. These Islands cover shelter the bay in a manner from all winds, in which is good anchorage the land near the shore in the bottom of this bay is very low and woody, but a little way in land back in the Country is a continued ridge of high land which appear'd to be barren and rocky. Having passed Point Hillick we continued standing to the NNW as the land trended having the advantage of a light moon - At 6 oClock in the AM we were a breast of a point of Land which lies NBW1/2W 11 Miles from Point Hillick the Land between them is very high and of a craggy barren surface this point I named Cape Sandwich ^Honour ye Earl of that name It it may not only be known by the high craggy land over it but by a small Island which lies East one mile from it and some others about two leagues to the northward ^of it - From Cape Sandwich the land trends west and afterwards north and forms a fine large Bay which ^I call'd Halifax Bay it is well shelterd and affords good anchorage, at least so it appeard to me, for having hitherto met with so little incouragement by goin a Shore that I would not wait to land or examine it faurther but continued rainging along shore to the northward for a parcel of small Islands laying off the northern point of the Bay and finding a channel ^of a Mile broad between the three outermost and those nearer the shore we pushed through - while we did this we saw on one of the nearest Islands a number of the natives collicted together who seem'd to look very attentively upon the ship. they were quite naked and of a very dark Colour with short curled or frizled hair — At noon we were by observation in the Latde of 17°..59' and a breast of the north point of point of Halifax Bay which bore from us west 2 Miles, this boundry of the bay is form'd by a tolerable high Island known ^in the Chart by the name of Dunk Isle it lays so near the shore as not to be distinguished from it unless you are well in with the land - at this time we were in the Longitude of 213°..57' Wt Cape Sandwich bore SBE1/2E distant 19 Miles and the northermost land in sight N 1/2W — our depth of water in the Course of this days sail was not more then 16 nor less then 7 fathom