On The Former Day We Could Not See The Land, On Account Of Thick
Mists And Dark Fogs, But This Evening We Espied An Entrance Into The
Land, By A River Between The Grange Hills And A Cape To The S.W. About 3
Leagues From The Ships.
The top of this cape is blunt, but it ends
towards the sea in a sharp point, on which account we named it Pointed
Cape.
On its north side there is a flat island. Meaning to examine if
there were any good harbours at this entrance, we lay to for the night;
but on the next day we had stormy weather from the N.E. for which reason
we stood to the S.W. till Thursday morning, in which time we sailed 37
leagues. We now opened a bay full of round islands like pigeon-houses,
which we therefore named the Dove-cots. From the Bay of St. Julian to
a cape which lies S. and by W. called Cape Royal, the distance is 7
leagues; and towards the W.S.W. side of that cape there is another, the
lower part of which is all craggy, and the top round. On the north side
of this cape, which we called Cape Milk, there is a low island. Between
Cape Royal and Cape Milk there are some low islands, within which there
are others, indicating that there are some rivers in this place. About
two leagues from Cape Royal we had 20 fathom water, and found cod in
such abundance, that, while waiting for our consort we caught above a
hundred in less than an hour.
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