4i8 A V O Y A G E T O 



Having now concluded my remarks on thefe iflands and 

 people, I fliall take my final leave of them, after giving 

 fome account of the aftronomical and nautical obfcrvations 

 that were made during our ilay. 



And, firft, I mull take notice, that the difference of lon- 

 gitude, between Annamooka and Tongataboo, is fomewhat 

 lefs than was marked in the chart and narrative of my laft 

 voyage. This error might eafily arife, as the longitude 

 of each was then found without any connection w^ith the 

 other. But, now, the diflance between them is determined 

 to a degree of precifion, that excludes all pofTibility of 

 miftake ; which the following table will illuflrate ; 



The latitude of the obfervatory at 

 Tongataboo, by the mean of fe- 

 veral obfervations, - - - 21° 8' 19" South. 



The longitude, by the mean of one 

 hundred and thirty-one fets of lu- 

 nar obfervations, amounting to 

 above a thoufand obferved dif- 

 tances, between the moon, fun, 

 and flars, - - - - 184 55 1 8 Eafl. 



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