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proved, as we had been driven sixteen miles ta 

 N. W. 11° during the night. To get sight of the 

 group of Otdia, according to which I wished to 

 determine my situation on the chart, I took my 

 course direct to west. In a few hours, land was 

 descried from the mast-head to the south. I im- 

 mediately steered towards it, to discover which 

 island of the group of Otdia we saw, and in tliree 

 quarters of an hour recognized it to be the island 

 of Ormed, which lay seven miles from us. 

 Thence I steered N.W., in the hope of coming 

 to the group of Ailu. Our latitude at noon, after 

 a good observation, was 9° 51' '29'' ■, longitude, 

 according to the chronometers, 189° 56'. When 

 we calculated, according to the island of Ormed, 

 we found only a minute's difference, which 

 proved the goodness of the chronometers, as well 

 as the accurate determination of the group of Aur, 

 which gave me more pleasure than any new disco- 

 very would have done. 



Kadu, to whom we had given a shirt and a light 

 sailor's jacket, was in an excellent liumour at this 

 dress, which he liked very much, till the motion 

 of the ship made him sea-sick, and very low- 

 spirited ; but his health and good temper soon re- 

 turned, and he did not appear to miss his friends 

 in the least. At half-past two, three low islands 

 were descried in the N. from the top-mast, which 

 Kadu immediately recognized to be a part of the 

 group of Ailu, where he had once been. He 



