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mention, respecting the separation of the continent 

 of Jeso, and the disappearance of Company's Land, 

 and Staten Island. 



At six in the afternoon we altered our course to 

 the west-south-west, Captain Gore judging it useless 

 to steer any longer to the south-south-west, as we 

 were near the meridian of the Lad rones, or Marianne 

 Islands, and at no great distance from the track of 

 the Manilla ships. In the morning of the 14th, the 

 weather became fine, and the wind, which was mode- 

 rate, gradually shifted to the north-east, and proved 

 to be the trade-wind. At ten, Mr. Trevenen, one 

 of the young gentlemen who came along with me 

 into the Discovery, saw land, appearing like a peaked 

 mountain, and bearing south-west. At noon, the 

 latitude, by observation, was 24° 37', longitude 

 142° 2'. The land, which we now discovered to be 

 an island, bore south-west half west, distant eight or 

 ten leagues ; and at two in the afternoon, we saw 

 another to the west-north-west. This second island, 

 when seen at a distance, has the appearance of two; 

 the south point consisting of a high conical hill, 

 joined by a narrow neck to the northern land, which 

 is of a moderate height. As this was evidently of 

 greater extent than the island to the south, we altered 

 our course toward it. At four, it bore north-west 

 by west ; but, not having day-light sufficient to 

 examine the coast, we stood upon our tacks during 

 the night. 



On the I5th, at six in the morning, we bore away 

 for the south point of the larger island, at which 

 time we discovered another high island, bearing 

 north three-quarters west, the south island being on 

 the same rhomb line, and the south point of the 

 island ahead, west by north. At nine, we were 

 abreast, and within a mile of the middle island, but 

 Captain Gore, finding that a boat could not land 

 without some danger from the great surf that broke 

 on the shore, kept on his course to the westward. 



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