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stretched in east, to within a mile of the shore, and 

 then tacked, in seventy-five fathoms, before a sandy 

 flat, on which several of the natives made their ap- 

 pearance. We observed, on the sides of the hills, 

 several plantations that were laid out by line, and 

 fenced round. 



On the 31st, at noon, the S. or S. W. point of 

 the island bore N. 62° East, distant four leagues. 

 This forms the N. W. point of what I call Bougain- 

 ville's Passage ; the N. E. point, at this time, bore 

 N. 85° East, and the N. W. end of Mollicollo from 

 S. 54° East to S. 72° East. Latitude observed, 15° 

 45' S. In the afternoon, in stretching to the east, 

 we weathered the S. W. point of the island, from 

 which the coast trends east northerly. It is low, 

 and seemed to form some creeks or coves ; and, as 

 we got farther into the passage, we perceived some 

 small low isles lying along it, which seemed to extend 

 behind St. Bartholomew Island. 



Having now finished the survey of the whole ar- 

 chipelago, the season of the year made it necessary 

 for me to return to the south, while I had yet some 

 time left to explore any land I might meet with between 

 this and New Zealand ; where 1 intended to touch, 

 that I might refresh my people, and recruit our stock 

 of wood and water for another southern course. With 

 this view, at five P. M. we tacked, and hauled to the 

 southward, with a fresh gale at S. E. At this time 

 the N. W. point of the passage, or the S. W. point 

 of the island Tierra del Espiritu Santo, the only re- 

 mains of Quiros's continent, bore N. 82° West, dis- 

 tant three leagues. I named it Cape Lisburne, and 

 its situation is in latitude 15° 40', longitude 165° 59' 

 East. 



The foregoing account of these islands, in the or- 

 der in which we explored them, not being particular 

 enough either as to situation or description, it may 

 not be improper now to give a more accurate view oi 



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