James Cook - A Journal of the proceedings of His Majesty's Bark Endeavour on a voyage round the world, by Lieutenant James Cook, Commander, commencing the 25th of May 1768 - 23 Oct. 1770: No. 210

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New Zealand
1770
February

Pallisser to Cape Teerawhette the land is tollerable high making in Tablepoint & the Shore forms 2 Bays at least it appear'd so for we are always too far off this part of the Coast to be particular. The wind continued at NE until' 12 at Night when it died away & veer'd round to W.t & after w.d to S.o & SSE.t, little wind so that by noon we had advanced no farther than 41°:52'So Latitude C Palliser bearing N.o dist.e 5 Lgs & the Snowy mountain bore S.o 83°Wt ~
Thursday 13.th PM light Airs at SE.t the remainder Calm at noon found ourselves in the Lat.de of 42°:2'S.o Cape Pallisser bearing N.o20E.t distant 8 Leagues~
Wednesday 14th PM a fresh breeze sprung up at NE.t & we Steer'd SWbW for the Southerm.t land we had in sight which bore from us at sun set S.o 74°W.t at this time we found the Variation to be 15':4E.t at 8AM it fell Calm at this time we had run 21 Leag.s So50°W.t since yesterday at noon which bro.t us abreast of the high Snowy mountain it bearing from us NW.t it on this direction it lay behind a Mountainous ridge of nearly the same height which riseth directly from the Sea & runs Parallel with the Shore which lies NE½N&SW½S.o the NEt end of the ridge takes its rise but a little way inland from Cape Campbell These mountains are distinctly seen both from Cape Koamaroo & Cape Palliser being distant from the former SW½S 22 Leag.s from the latter WSW.t 30 Leag.s but they are of a height sufficient to be seen at a much greater distance by some onb.d they are thought to be much higher than the Pics of Teneriffe which I cannot agree to, neither do I think them so high as Mount Egmont on the SW.t Coast of Aeheinomouwe founding my opinion on the Sumit of the Latter being almost wholy coverd with Snow, whereas it only lies upon these in patches ~ At noon was in the Lat.de of 42:34So the Southerm.st land we had in sight bore SW½W.t & some low land that made like an Island lying bore under the foot of the Ridge NWbN dist.t ab 5 or 6 Leags ~
Thursday 15.th In the PM 4 Double Canoes which were 57 Men came off to the Ship. they kept at the dist.ce of about a Stones throw from us & would not be prevailed upon to put alongside by all that Tupia could say to them from this we concluded that they never had hear of our being upon the coast. at 8PM a breeze sprung up at SSW.t with which we Stretched off SE.t because some onb.d thought they had seen land in that Quarter, we continued on this course until' 6AM at which time we had run 11 Leag.s but saw no land but that which we had left. soon after this it fell Calm & continued so for an hour then a light breeze sprung up at West which afterwards veer'd to the N.o & we stood to the Westw.d at Noon our Lat.de by Observ.n was 42°:56'So & the High land we were abreast off yesterday at Noon bore NNW½Wt ~