177^. ROUND THE WORLD. 91 



the west and south parts especially; for the others 

 we did not see. 



Shepherd's Isles are a group of small ones of un- 

 equal size, extending off from the S. E. point of 

 Apee about five leagues, in the direction of S. E. 



The island Threehills lies south four leagues from 

 the coast of Apee, and S. E. \ S., distant seventeen 

 leagues, from Port Sandwich : to this, and what has 

 been already said of it, I shall only add, that W. by 

 N., five miles from the west point, is a reef of rocks 

 on which the sea continually breaks. 



Nine leagues, in the direction of south, from 

 Threehills, lies Sandwich Island. Twohills, the 

 Monument, and Montagu Islands, lie to the east of 

 this line, and Hinchinbrook to the west, as also two 

 or three small isles which lie between it and Sand- 

 wich Island, to which they are connected by breakers. 



Sandwich Island is twenty-five leagues in circuit ; 

 its greatest extent is ten leagues ; and it lies in the 

 direction of N. W. by W. and S. E. by E. The 

 N. W. coast of this island we only viewed at a dis- 

 tance ; therefore the chart in this part may be faulty, 

 so far as it regards the line of the coast, but no farther. 

 The distance from the south end of Mallicollo to the 

 N. W. end of Sandwich Island is twenty-two leagues 

 in the direction of S. S. E. i E. 



In the same direction lie Erromango, Tanna, and 

 Annattom. The first is 18 leagues from Sandwich 

 Island, and is twenty-four or twenty-five leagues in 

 circuit. The middle of it lies in the latitude of 

 18° 54/, longitude 169° 19' E., and it is of a good 

 height, as may be gathered from the distance we 

 were off when we first saw it. 



Tanna lies six leagues from the south side of Er- 

 romango, extending S. E. by S. and N. W. by N. 

 about eight leagues long in that direction, and every 

 where about three or four leagues broad. 



The Isle of Immer lies in the direction of N. by E. 

 i E., four leagues from Port Resolution in Tanna ; 



