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18.
Searching for the Southern continent

7. This morn the Land plainly seen from the deck appears to be very large   about 11. a large smoak was seen & soon after several more  sure sign of inhabitants   after dinner dropd calm   myself in little boat shot Nectris mundaProcellaria velox   took with the dipping net Dagysa gemma & a good deal of Fucus  sertularia &c, the examination of which is postpond till we shall have more time than we are likely to have at present.

in the Evening a pleasant breeze  at sunset all hands at the mast head  Land still distant 7 or 8 leagues  appears larger than ever  in many parts 3. 4. & 5 ranges of hills are seen one over the other and a chain of Mountains over all   some of which appear enormously high   Much difference of opinion & many conjectures about Islands  rivers  inlets &c.  but all hands seem to agree that this is certainly the Continent we are in search of if so

8. This morn the land very near us makes in many white cliffs like chalk  the hills are in general clothd with trees  in the valleys some appear to be very large  the whole of the appearance not so fruitfull as we could wish  stood in for a large bay in hopes of finding a harbour   before we are well within the
 

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