THE PESCADORES, THE RIMSKI- 

 KORSAKOFF, THE ESCHSCHOLTZ, 

 AND THE BRONUS ISLES. 



On leaving the Sandwich Isles, we steered 

 southward, it being my intention to sail by a 

 track not hitherto pursued by navigators who 

 have left us records of their voyages, to the 

 Radack chain of islands. At Hanaruro, seve- 

 ral captains had mentioned to me an island situ- 

 ated in IT 32' latitude, and 163" 52' longitude. 

 On the 23rd of September we crossed this point, 

 and saw indeed birds of a description that rare- 

 ly fly to any great distance from land ; but the 

 reported island itself we were unable to descry 

 even from the mast-head, although the atmo- 

 sphere was perfectly clear : — so little is the in- 

 telligence of masters of trading-vessels to be 

 relied on. 



