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The latitude of the middle of this group, which is 

 called by the natives Eregup is 9° 6' ; its longi- 

 tude 189° 56" W. 



On the 10th of February, he discovered a third 

 group, called by the natives Kawen, which is of 

 the same form as the two preceding. In a N. W. 

 and S. E. direction this group is thirty-three miles 

 long ; its greatest breadth is thirteen miles. As 

 they here found an entrance between the coral 

 reefs. Lieutenant Kotzebue sailed into the lagoon. 

 The largest island of this group, which received 

 the name of Araksheef, is two miles and a half 

 long, and three quarters of a mile broad, and lies in 

 8° 54' 2V' N., and 189° 11' W. : the south-eastern 

 island is 8° 29' 30'^ latitude, 188° 49' longitude. 



A fourth group, consisting of thirty-two islands, 

 and called by the natives Aur, was named after 

 the present minister of marine, Marquis de Tra- 

 versey. In a direction from N. W. to S.E. it 

 extends thirteen miles ; its greatest breadth is six 

 miles. The latitude of the anchoring-place is 

 8° 18' 42'' N., audits longitude 188° 48' W. 



A fifth group, which was discovered the 1st of 

 March, is called by the natives Ailu j it is fifteen 

 miles long, and five broad. Lieutenant Kotzebue 

 found a passage through the reef which unites the 

 islands that form the circle and incloses the basin 

 in the middle, and sailed into it. Capenuir, the 

 most northern island of this group, to which he 



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