The snow lies thicker on the western side of New Zealand mountains, so Cook's parallel was fallacious.

The Endeavour was now near the Kaikoura Peninsula, where a small town stands at the present day, the shipping port of an agricultural district.) At noon was in the Latitude of 42 degrees 34 minutes South; the Southermost land we had in sight bore South-West 1/2 West, and some low land that made like an Island lying close under the foot of the Ridge North-West by North, distant about 5 or 6 Leagues.
Thursday, 15th.

In the P.M.4 Double Canoes, in which were 57 Men, came off to the Ship; they kept at the distance of about a Stone's throw from us, and would not be prevailed upon to put alongside by all that Tupia could say to them.

From this we concluded that they never had heard of our being upon the coast.

At 8 p.m.a breeze sprung up at South-South-West, with which we Stretched off South-East, because some on board thought they saw land in that Quarter.