In the afternoon, as we plied near the shore, three canoes came off
to us; one had four men in her, the others two apiece.
That with
the four men came pretty nigh us, and showed us a cocoa-nut and
water in a bamboo, making signs that there was enough ashore where
they lived; they pointed to the place where they would have us go,
and so went away. We saw a small round pretty high island about a
league to the north of this headland, within which there was a large
deep bay, whither the canoes went; and we strove to get thither
before night, but could not; wherefore we stood off, and saw land to
the westward of this headland, bearing west-by-south-half-south
distance about ten leagues, and, as we thought, still more land
bearing south-west-by-south, distance twelve or fourteen leagues,
but being clouded, it disappeared, and we thought we had been
deceived. Before night we opened the headland fair, and I named it
Cape St. George. The land from hence trends away west-north-west
about ten leagues, which is as far as we could see it; and the land
that we saw to the westward of it in the evening, which bore west-
by-south-half-south, was another point about ten leagues from Cape
St. George; between which there runs in a deep bay for twenty
leagues or more. We saw some high land in spots like islands, down
in that bay at a great distance; but whether they are islands, or
the main closing there we know not.
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