17th The fore and middle parts had fresh gales between the SW and WBS, and squally, kept plying to windward in order to get under the land - At 6 AM fetched close under the lee of the northernmost Island in sight, then tacked and stood to the Southward untill a 11 when ^ at this time we tack'd and stood to the Nd   the North head of Mercury Bay ^or Point Mercury bore SEBE distant 3 Leagues, being at this time between 2 and 3 Leagues from the main land and a breast of a place where there appear'd to be a Harbour, but the heavy squales which we had from the land would not permit us to take a nearer view of it, but soon brought us under our close reef'd topsails - At Noon the North head of           Bay Point Mercury bore SE distant 4 Leagues and the Westermost point of the Main land in sight bore N 60° Wt distant 5 Leagues. Over the N.W side of Mercury Bay is a pretty high round hill, riseing sloaping from the Shore of the Bay: this hill is very conspicuous from where we now are —