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as I knew by experience how difficult it is to fol- 

 low it ; if the chief points are but determined, the 

 rest will be filled up during the voyage. 1 now 

 determined to direct my course from the Sandwich 

 islands in such a manner as to be able to see the 

 two small islands discovered in 1807 by the frigate 

 Cornwallis, on its passage from the Sandwich 

 Islands to Canton. I had reason to believe that 

 their situation had not been accurately laid down, 

 because Captain Krusenstern, in 1804, when they 

 were not discovered, sailed with the Nadeshda 

 directly over the point where they are marked 

 down on the chart. The number of sea-fowls which 

 surrounded the Nadeshda seemed to be an indica- 

 tion of land near it. After I had found these, I 

 intended to take my course to the KutsuofF and 

 Suwaroff islands, the inhabitants of which possess 

 large boats, which seemed to indicate that there 

 are other islands in the neighbourhood ; I hoped 

 to discover these also, and after this I determined 

 to sail to the Carolines. 



