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fore, highly probable that the whole island is of a 

 greater extent than I, at that time, estimated it to be. 

 The astronomers set up their observatory and made 

 their observations on Point Venus, the latitude of 

 which they found to be 17 29' 13" south. This 

 differs but two seconds from that which Mr. Green 

 and I found; and its longitude, viz. 149 34/ 49j" 

 west, for any thing that is yet known to the contrary, 

 is as exact. 



Mr. Kendal's watch was found to be gaining on 

 mean time 8" 163 per day, which is only 0" 142 less 

 than at Queen Charlotte's Sound, consequently its 

 error in longitude was trifling. 



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