In the morning of the 11th, while we were getting under sail, I sent a boat for the other five seals. At nine o’clock we weighed, with a light breeze at S. E., and stood out to sea, taking up the boat in our way. It was noon before we got clear of the land; at which time we observed in 45° 34ʹ 30ʺ south; the entrance of the bay bore S. E. by E., and Break-sea isles (the outermost isles that lie at the south point of the entrance of the bay) bore S. S. E. distant three miles; the southernmost point, or that of Five Fingers’ Point, bore south 42° west; and the northernmost land N. N. E.; in this situation we had a prodigious swell from S. W., which broke with great violence on all the shores that were exposed to it. CHAP. V. DIRECTIONS FOR SAILING IN AND OUT OF DUSKY BAY, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE ADJACENT COUNTRY, ITS PRODUCE, AND INHABITANTS: ASTRONOMICAL AND NAUTICAL OBSERVATIONS. As there are few places where I have been in New Zealand that afford the necessary refreshments in such plenty as Dusky Bay, a short description of it, and of the adjacent country, may prove of use to some future navigators, as well as acceptable to the curious reader. For although this country be far remote from the present trading part of the world, we can by no means tell what use future ages may make of the discoveries made in the present. The reader of this journal must already know that there are two entrances to this bay. The south entrance is situated on the north side of Cape West, in latitude 45° 48ʹ south. It is formed by the land of the Cape to the south, and Five Fingers’ Point to the north. This point is made remarkable by several pointed rocks lying off it, which when viewed from certain situations, have some resemblance to the five fingers of a man’s hand; from whence it takes its name. The land of this point is still more remarkable by the little similarity it bears to any other of the lands adjacent; being a narrow peninsula lying north and south, of a moderate and equal height, and all covered with wood.