The Bluff head or high point of land we were abreast off at Noon I have called Cape Turnagain because here we returned.

It lies in the Latitude of 40 degrees 34 minutes South, Longitude 182 degrees 55 West, and 18 Leagues South-South-West and South-South-West 1/2 West from Cape Kidnapper.

The land between them is of a very unequal height; in some places it is high, with White Cliffs next the Sea--in others low, with sandy beaches.

The face of the Country is not nearly so well Cloathed with wood as it is about Hawkes Bay, but for the most part looks like our high Downs in England, and to all appearance well inhabited, for we saw several Villages as we run along shore, not only in the Vallies, but on the Tops and sides of the Hills, and Smokes in other places.

The ridge of Mountains before mentioned extends to the Southward farther than we could see, and are every where Checquer'd with Snow.