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many hours, all that we gained, was, tliat we could 

 just see land in the east, from the mast-head. I 

 was therefore obliged, as every minute was pre- 

 cious, to relinquish all further inspection, and 

 called this new discovery, Rurick's Chain. It is 

 really to be lamented, that we were not able to 

 examine the island, which we saw from the point 

 of Rurick's Chain, in the S. S. E. ; but it is suffi- 

 cient, it exists ; and a navigator, who tries his 

 fortune between these dangerous groups of islands, 

 may perhaps finish what circumstances forbid me 

 to inquire into. 



Points, astronomically determined, near Rurick's 

 Chain. 

 Latitude of the N. 



point - - 15° 10' 00" S. 

 Longitude - - 146 34 00 W. 

 Latitude of the E. 



point - - 15 21 00 S. 

 Longitude - - 146 46 00 W. 146° 31' 00'' W. 

 Latitude of the S. point, where 



we ended our survey - - 15 30 00 S. 

 Longitude - - . . us 46 00 W. 



Declination of the magnetic 



needle 6 16 00 E. 



As soon as I had resolved to give up all farther 

 examination of Rurick's Chain, I directed my 

 course to the west, to the land which we descried, 

 at day-break. We soon perceived that it was simi- 

 lar to Rurick's Chain, and seemed to lie from east 



