At noon, Penguin island bore S. by E. distant fifty-seven miles; our latitude being 48 deg. 56’ S. longitude 65 deg. 6’ W. This day we saw such a quantity of red shrimps about the ship that the sea was coloured with them.

At noon the next day, Wednesday the 10th, the extremes of the land bore from S.W. to N.W. and Wood’s Mount, near the entrance of St Julian’s, bore S.W. by W. distant three or four leagues.  Our latitude was 49 deg. 16’ S. our longitude 66 deg. 48’ W.; and our soundings were from forty to forty-five fathom, sometimes fine sand, sometimes soft mud.

At noon, on Thursday the 11th, Penguin Island bore N.N.E. distant fifty-eight leagues.  Our latitude was 50 deg. 48’ S. our longitude 67 deg. 10’ W.

We continued our course till Saturday the 13th, when our latitude being 50 deg. 34’ S. and our longitude 68 deg. 15’ W. the extremes of the land bore from N. 1/2 E. to S.S.W. 1/2 W. and the ship was about five or six miles distant from the shore.  Cape Beachy-head, the northermost cape, was found to lie in latitude 50 deg. 16’ S. and Cape Fairweather, the southermost cape, in latitude 50 deg. 50’ S.

On Sunday the 14th, at four in the morning, Cape Beachy-head bore N.W. 1/2 N. distant about eight leagues; and at noon, our latitude being 50 deg. 52’ S. and longitude 68 deg. 10’ W. Penguin island bore N. 35 deg.  E. distant 68 leagues.  We were six leagues from the shore, and the extremes of the land were from N.W. to W.S.W.

At eight o’clock in the morning of Monday the 15th, being about six miles from the shore, the extremes of the land bore from S. by E. to N. by E. and the entrance of the river St Croix S.W. 1/2 W. We had twenty fathom quite cross the opening, the distance from point to point being about seven miles, and afterwards keeping at the distance of about four miles from each cape, we had from twenty-two to twenty-four fathom.  The land on the north shore is high, and appears in three capes; that on the south shore is low and flat.  At seven in the evening, Cape Fairweather bore S.W. 1/2 S. distant about four leagues, a low point running out from it S.S.W. 3/4 W. We stood off and on all night, and had from thirty to twenty-two fathom water, with a bottom of sand and mud.  At seven the next morning, Tuesday the 16th, we shoaled gradually into twelve fathom, with a bottom of fine sand, and soon after into six; we then hauled off S.E. by S. somewhat more than a mile:  then steered east five miles, then E. by N. and deepened into twelve fathom.  Cape Fairweather at this time bore W. 1/2 S. distant four leagues, and the northermost extremity of the land W.N.W.  When we first came into shoal water, Cape Fairweather bore W. 1/2 N. and a low point without it W.S.W. distant about four miles.  At noon Cape Fairweather bore W.N.W. 1/2 W. distant six leagues, and a large hummock S.W. 1/2 W. distant seven leagues.  At this time our lat. was 51 deg. 32’ W. long. 68 deg.  W.