THE ST. LAWRENCE ISLANDS, 89 



and found the longitude, according to the chrono-' 

 meters, 189° 50'. The latitude, according to 

 the ship's reckoning, deduced from our anchorage, 

 was 9" 24' 5T N. 



We had not at all expected to come so soon in 

 sight of the group of islands ; it proved that La- 

 gediack's day's voyage was no standard for us; and 

 we concluded that the other groups were nearer 

 than he had fixed. As we saw Eregup before we 

 lost sight of Otdia, it was easy so to unite by 

 angles both the groups, that Eregup had its exact 

 position assigned it on the chart. 



At ten o'clock we had reached the northern 

 point of the group of Eregup, which consisted only 

 of coral reefs, and directed our course to the west, 

 and sailed through the channel formed between Ere- 

 gup and Otdia, to get under the lee of the former. 

 The current in the channel caused a loud roaring ;, 

 the waves towered like breakers over a shoal ; I 

 had the lead thrown, but did not reach the bottom 

 at one hundred fathoms. At noon we had sailed 

 round the northern point of Eregup ; we were under 

 the lee in calm water, and sailed along the western 

 side, at the distance of a mile, our course always 

 directed to S. E., where the group took this turn- 

 ing. After a good observation, we found our- 

 selves to be in latitude 9° 9' ^" N., longitude, ac- 

 cording to the chronometers, 190" 2' 47''. The 

 wind had now turned to the E., and we were obliged 

 to tack to reach the southern point of the group. 



