PALLISER ISLANDS. 117 
which I have given, (without entering into the 
manner in which they were calculated,) are 
made out by means of the chronometer. This, 
on arriving at O Tahaiti, was found six minutes 
fifty seconds wrong; and the longitudes here 
given have been rectified accordingly. 
The following is from our observations the 
situation of the Palliser Islands :— 
South point of the first group . Lat: 15° 34 25” 
Long. 146° 6’ 49” 
The two small islands to the West 
of the first group. : Sa 1 Ns i 
; Long.146° 20° 50° 
The Eastern point of the thirdgroup Lat. 15° 44’ 52” 
Long. 146° 28’ 2”. 
Most of the islands of this Archipelago are 
inhabited, but hitherto little is known of the 
natives, who are shy, and endeavour to avoid 
any intercourse with navigators. Byron landed 
by force on one of these islands ; in the struggle 
many of the inhabitants were killed, the rest 
put to flight, and the provision of cocoa-nuts 
found in their huts plundered. Tradition may 
perhaps have exaggerated this attack. Cook 
also permitted some of his crew to land, who 
indeed met with no resistance, but their pre- 
