Our commander had received some very slight information concerning it at Teneriffe, and his sagacity in tracing it was such, as immediately led him to determine, that it was the same that M.de Kerguelen had called the Isle of Rendezvous.

His reason for giving it that name is not very apparent; for nothing can rendezvous upon it but fowls of the air, it being certainly inaccessible to every other animal.

The weather beginning to clear up, Captain Cook steered in for the land, of which a faint view had been obtained in the morning.

This was Kerguelen's land.

No sooner had our navigators gotten off Cape Francois, then they observed the coast to the southward, to be much indented by projecting points and bays; from which circumstance they were sure of finding a good harbour.