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my design to-day of sailing farther to tlie east, as 

 the wind still continued to blow violently, and the 

 sky was at the same time so gloomy that we could 

 scarcely see the liorizon. It was not till the even- 

 ing that it cleared up, and we hoped to be able to 

 continue our voyage to-morrow. 

 We found the latitude of our an- 



choring-place to be, * - 8° 54' QV N. 

 Longitude, according to the 



chronometers, - - 189 7 59 W. 



Variation of the magnetic needle, 11 30 E. 

 Longitude of the middle of the 



island of Kawen, - - 189 11 27 W. 



The 14'th, at six o'clock in the morning, we 

 were already under sail, with a fair wind and 

 serene weather. Labadeny, who was also unable 

 to sail yesterday, on account of the wind, tacked 

 in his boat in our company to the east. On sail- 

 ing past the islands we saw them overgrown with 

 palm-trees which are so rare in Otdia. Many 

 peoplewandered along the shore; columns of smoke 

 every where rose up into the air ; boats rowed to 

 and fro ; and the whole scene appeared lively and 

 animated, contrasted with the death-like silence 

 which prevailed at Otdia. When we had reached, 

 by tacking, the middle of the basin, we could 

 clearly overlook the chain of islands which forms 

 the southern part of the group. The depth was 

 here' thirty-two fathoms : the bottom consists of 

 living coral, and it is only near the islands that a 



