When I had passed the vale where my bower stood, as above, I came within view of the sea to the west, and it being a very clear day, I fairly descried land—whether an island or a continent I could not tell; but it lay very high, extending from the W. to the W.S.W. at a very great distance; by my guess it could not be less than fifteen or twenty leagues off.
Passata la valle ove stava il mio frascato, arrivai a vista del mare a ponente, e essendo una giornata oltre ogni dire serena, scopersi perfettamente una terra: se isola o continente non potei conoscerlo, ma altissima ed estesa in un’assai grande lontananza da ponente al west-sud-west (ponente-libeccio), non meno di quindici a venti leghe secondo le mie congetture.