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. 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.
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