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voyage from Sydney to Manilla, in crossing the Carolina chain of islands^ 

 fell in with the Hogolen islands, belonging to the Ulean group. Passing 

 to the N. W. of them, the Lay ton discovered a reef, extending twenty 

 miles to the S. S. E. from the southern point of the island Anonima. The 

 former islands do not appear in most charts, and the latter is erroneously 

 called Lamurree. According to Krusenstern, the island Lamurree is one 

 of a group of thirteen, about one hundred leagues to the westward, and the 

 island Anonima, which is inhabited, was discovered in 1801 by Captaiii 

 Ibargoita, in the ship Phillippine. Mr Hurst confirms the opinion of itd 

 being inhabited. Its position is 8° 36' N. lat, and 450° E. long. ; and i* 

 received its present name from the discoverer, because it had never before 

 appeared on the charts. The track of the Phillippine passes to the westJ 

 wai-d of the island, by which means the reef, extending to the S. E. waa 

 unobserved. The Layton narrowly escaped being wrecked on these reefsr^ 

 the determination of which will form a valuable addition to the erroneous 

 charts of a part of the ocean fraught with danger. 



Hydrography of the Pacific Ocean — Archipelago of the Tonga Islands. —s 

 Between the islands of Tongatabou and Anamooka there is a reef, seen hf 

 Maurelle and La Perouse, and placed by M. de Krusenstern in lat. 20° 2P 

 S. and long. 177° 35' W. of Paris, under the name of Sazo de Culebrasif 

 In 1821, the English ship. The Snppb/, was thought to have been aground 

 on the same bank. Captain Thornton says, that it extends to a greafe 

 distance, and that it is formed of sub-marine rocks. As he places it m 

 20° 25' S. lat. and 177° 24' west long, from Paris, it would seem that the 

 £axo de Culehras extends farther to the east than was supposed. 



This same Captam Thornton discovered, in lat. 10° 04' S. and long,' 

 152° 36' W. of Paris, an island, or rather a group of small islands, extremely 

 low, 15 miles long, and 5 broad. 



Captain Beveridge, commanding the English ship, St Michael, has latelj^ 

 discovered two banks between the islands Hapae and Vavaoo. The firsti 

 which he met with at 18 miles to the N. \ of N. E. of the Isle of Haano, it 

 not very dangerous, and has always 4 to 6 fathoms water above the rocks; 

 Its extent was estimated at 12 to 16 miles. The islanders stated that it 

 formed a very advantageous mark for the canoes which go from Vavaoo to 

 the Hapae Isles. 



I may here transcribe a passage from the log of the St Michael, which I 

 saw at Sydney. " 5th October, 1822, at 4 p. m. the high land of Latti stood 

 to the W. N. E., Vavaoo to the N. ^ N. W., and we had a reef by the 



cat-head for two leagues in the N. E. ^ E 6th October, we discovered 



a large and dangerous reef, with a bank of sand, in the W. point, about a 

 ship's length. It lies to the S. S. E. ^ S. of Vavaoo, at the distance of 12 

 miles." The ship passed between the bank and Vavaoo. 



The navigation of Captain Beveridge leads me to think, that besides the 

 rocks marked on the maps to the south of Vavaoo, there are others which 

 extend farther east. 



Captain Beveridge has sounded the anchorage to the west of Haand 

 Island. It is very good ; but care must be taken of a rock which is not 

 very far from the beach J. de Blosseville. 



Keeling or Cocos Islands. — An account of these islands was recently 

 communicated by Mr Barrow to the Royal Geographical Society. They 

 are situated in the eastern part of the India Ocean, in lat. 1 1° S., and are of 

 coral origin. The paper gives a description of the various sorts of timber 

 found on the islands, and stated that the live stock and fruits which had 

 been transferred there from the Mauritius, were in a thriving condition. 

 Two Englishmen were the only settlers on the island. 



