276 NAMED THE ESCHSCHOLTZ GROUP. 



mining the position of the western extremity, 

 11" 40' 11" latitude, and 194" 37' 35" longitude, 

 from which point they must stretch considera- 

 bly to the east. These, like other coral islands, 

 probably lie round a basin : of population we 

 could see no trace, though there was every ap- 

 pearance of their being habitable. I named 

 them, after our worthy Doctor and Professor, 

 Eschscholtz, who was now making the second 

 voyage with me. 



It is unnecessary to add any thing here re- 

 specting the situations of these three groups of 

 isles, which have been laid down, with the great- 

 est possible accuracy, in the chart accompany- 

 ing this volume ; one thing only I beg to ob- 

 serve, that they bear not the slightest resem- 

 blance to the Pescadores described by Walhs. 

 He did not possess the facilities for ascertaining 

 the longitude, which have been invented since 

 his time. His Pescadores may be situated else- 

 where ; but even if one of these groups should 

 be the Pescadores, we may justly claim the dis- 

 covery of the other two. This discovery is of 

 some value, inasmuch as these groups are no 

 doubt the northern extremity of the Ralik 



