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Our astronomical observations on the Sand- 

 wich Islands gave the following results: — 



Latitude of Hanaruro . . . 21° 17' 57" 



Longitude 158° 00' 30" 



Longitude of the Eastern point of the 



island Muwe . . . . 156° 13' 10" 



Longitude of the Western point . . 156° 48' 11" 

 Latitude of one of the small islands 



East of Maratai, which are not 



given in Vancouver's map . . 21° 13' 30" 



Longitude 156° 49' 12". 



The account of our residence at New Arch- 

 angel is contained in the tenth Chapter. 



On our retui'n voyage to Wahu, we had con- 

 stantly fine weather, though but little wind, 

 so that it was not till the 29th of August we 

 found ourselves in latitude 34'', where we first, 

 in a clear star-light night, saw the comet which 

 was then visible in the neighbourhood of Alde- 

 baran ; it had a tail four degrees and a half 

 long. On the 4th of September we sailed over 

 a point, occupied in Arrowsmith's chart by the 

 island Laxara, without perceiving the smallest 

 trace of it ; the existence therefore of this island, 

 which is said to have been early discovered by 

 the Spanish navigators, remains doubtful. 

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