wood, and but little snow upon the coast; but the mountains, which lie at some distance inland, were wholly covered with the latter.  We stood off till noon, then tacked, and stood in for the land.  The latitude, at this time, was 57 deg. 52-1/2’; Cape St Hermogenes bore N. 30 deg.  W., eight leagues distant, and the southernmost part of the coast in sight; the same that was seen before, bore S.W., ten leagues distant.  The land here forms a point, which was named Cape Greville.  It lies in the latitude of 57 deg. 33’, and in the longitude of 207 deg. 15’, and is distant fifteen leagues from Cape St Hermogenes, in the direction of S. 17 deg.  W.

The three following days we had almost constant misty weather, with drizzling rain, so that we seldom had a sight of the coast.  The wind was S.E. by S., and S.S.E., a gentle breeze, and the air raw and cold.  With this wind and weather, we continued to ply up the coast, making boards of six or eight leagues each.  The depth of water was from thirty to fifty-five fathoms, over a coarse, black sandy bottom.

The fog clearing up, with the change of the wind to S.W., in the evening of the 12th, we had a sight of the land bearing W., twelve leagues distant.  We stood in for it early next morning.  At noon we were not above three miles from it; an elevated point, which obtained the name of Cape Barnabas, lying in the latitude of 57 deg. 13’, bore N.N.  E. 1/2 E., ten miles distant, and the coast extended from N. 42 deg.  E., to W.S.W.  The N.E. extreme was lost in a haze, but the point to the S.W., whose elevated summit terminated in two round hills, on that account was called Two-headed Point.  This part of the coast, in which are several small bays, is composed of high hills and deep valleys, and in some places we could see the tops of other hills, beyond those that form the coast, which was but little encumbered with snow, but had a very barren appearance.  Not a tree or bush was to be seen upon it; and, in general, it had a brownish hue, probably the effect of a mossy covering.

I continued to ply to the S.W. by W., as the coast trended, and, at six in the evening, being midway between Cape Barnabas and Two-headed Point, and two leagues from the shore, the depth of water was sixty-two fathoms.  From this station, a low point of land made its appearance beyond Two-headed Point, bearing S. 69 deg.  W., and, without it, other land that had the appearance of an island, bore S. 59 deg.  W.

At noon, on the 13th, being in latitude 56 deg. 49’, Cape St Barnabas bore N. 52 deg.  E., Two-headed Point, N. 14 deg.  W., seven or eight miles distant, and the coast of the continent extended as far as S. 72 1/2 W., and the land seen the preceding evening, and supposed to be an island, now appeared like two islands.  From whatever quarter Two-headed Point was viewed, it had the appearance of being an island, or else it is a peninsula, on each side of which the shore forms a bay.  The wind still continued westerly, a gentle breeze, the weather rather dull and cloudy, and the air sharp and dry.