There is an island bearing from the western part of the South Cape--south, a little easterly, 12 miles from the shore.

It is round and inaccessible on all sides.

The above mentioned island I called Rodondo from its resemblance to that rock well-known to all seamen in the West Indies.

A set of breakers to the southward and eastward of that rock, on which, though calm, the sea breaks much, bears from us north-north-west 1/2 west distant 6 miles.
To the eastward there are five islands, the largest of which from its resemblance to the Lion's Mount at the Cape of Good Hope I called Sir Roger Curtis's Island, who then commanded on that Station.

It is high and inaccessible on the north-west side and covered with small bushes at the top.