The Next Morning We Saw Other
Land To The South-East Of The Westernmost Point, Which Till Then Was
Clouded; It Was Very High Land, And The Same That We Saw The Day
Before, That Disappeared In A Cloud.
This Cape St. George lies in
the latitude of 5 degrees 5 minutes south; and meridian distance
from Cape Mabo 1,290 miles.
The island off this cape I called St.
George's Isle; and the bay between it and the west point I named St.
George's Bay. [Note:- No Dutch drafts go so far as this cape by ten
leagues.] On the 10th, in the evening, we got within a league of
the westernmost land seen, which is pretty high and very woody, but
no appearance of anchoring. I stood off again, designing, if
possible, to ply to and fro in this bay till I found a conveniency
to wood and water. We saw no more plantations nor cocoa-nut trees;
yet in the night we discerned a small fire right against us. The
next morning we saw a burning mountain in the country. It was
round, high, and peaked at top, as most volcanoes are, and sent
forth a great quantity of smoke. We took up a log of driftwood, and
split it for firing; in which we found some small fish.
The day after we passed by the south-west cape of this bay, leaving
it to the north of us. When we were abreast of it I called my
officers together, and named it Cape Orford, in honour of my noble
patron, drinking his Lordship's health.
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