At noon the latitude was, by observation, 9 deg..

40'.

south, and the longitude 158 deg..

42'.

east.
Lieutenant Shortland continued to steer north-west to discover whether he had reached the utmost extent of the land, and at eight in the evening spoke to the Friendship, and told the master that he intended to bring to at nine.
3 August 1788 At three in the morning, on Sunday August 3, land was discovered bearing from north-north-east to north-west, on which the ships stood off again with a light air of wind.