From the person by whom it was first discovered, it obtained the name of Wallis's Island.

It is a high rock, of no great extent, near to which are some rocky islets.

Another island, of a larger compass, on account of the vast number of birds which were upon it, was called Bird Isle.

A more extensive range of country had been seen for some time which Captain Cook reached on the 17th, and where he landed, on the same day, in three different places.

The head of the bay, in which he came to shore, was terminated by particular ice cliffs, of considerable height.