A.M., more moderate and fair.

At 8 p.m.wore and stood to the North-West until 5 a.m., then wore and stood to the South-East and being pretty moderate we set the Topsails close Reef'd, but the South-West Sea runs so high that the Ship goes Bodily to leeward.
At 6 saw the land bearing North-East distant about 6 Leagues which we judge to be the same as Tasman calls Cape Maria Van Dieman; at Noon it bore North-North-East 1/2 East and we could see the land extend to the East and Southward as far as South-East by East.

Our Latitude by observation 34 degrees 50 minutes South.
Sunday, 31st.

Fresh gales at South-West and South-West by South accompanied by a large Sea from the same Quarter.

At 1 p.m.