ments next morning, a promise which the very early departure of the ship made it impossible to fulfil.
During his stay at Tanna, Capt. Cook obtained the names of other islands in sight, some of which had been observed in approaching it: particularly, Immer, a small island to the north-east; Erronan, the most easterly of this group; and Annatom, the most southerly: as well as Erromango, the island last visited. Port Resolution, which he now quitted, is situated in 19° 32' 25"12 S. latitude, 169° 44' 35" E. longitude. Taking his departure from thence, at 4 o'clock on saturday morning, August 20th, he stretched to the east and south, to take a nearer view of Erronan, and Annatom; and see if any other islands lay beyond them. Returning thence on the 21st, he coasted along the S.W. side of Tanna; and passing Erromango, and afterwards Sandwich Island, on the same side, he began to range along the S.W. coast of Mallicollo, on tuesday the 23rd. This is the largest island of the group, except Tierra del Espiritu Santo, the most westerly of the whole. Through the strait between these two islands, which he called Bougainville's Passage, Capt. Cook steered on the 23rd and 24th, and a small island in the passage, he named St. Bartholomew. Coasting along the largest island, our navigator, on the 25th, entered the Bay of St. Philip and St. Jago, discovered in 1606 by Quiros, who named his place of anchorage, at the head of the bay, the Port of Vera Cruz. The east point of this bay, Capt. Cook named Cape Quiros; and the N.W. point, Cape Cumberland. The former is situated in 14° 56' S. lat., 167° 13' E. long.
Troops of natives had been seen on the coast of
