General Observations.
The prevailing winds in the latitude of New Zealand being westerly, that island is generally seen when sailing to the eastward, and Cape North is usually the land first observed. I have delineated its appearance, bearing west, as forming a more striking outline in that point of view than any other. The entrance to the Bay of Islands cannot, I imagine, be mistaken.—Cape Brit forms the opposite side of the entrance to that I have described, and which I have also delineated, together with a remarkable rock at its extremity. Cape Colville is about thirty miles south-east of Cape Brit, and appears as represented in the plate.
To navigators wishing to visit the Bay of Islands from the eastward, these representations of head-lands may be of use, but
