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appears to us to take up the place where we should 

 have rather looked for Tuch. 



To tlie east of Cittac, as far as to the island-chain 

 of Ralick and Radack, remains a space of about 

 fifteen degrees, in which the uncertain accounts 

 of Cantova lead us to suppose many islands, and 

 where our navdgators have in fact discovered 

 many. We merely observe among them, and 

 even to the east, some high islands, such as Strong 

 Island, (Teyoa of Arrowsmith) which is said to 

 rise to a high mountain, and Hope, in I8O7. St. 

 Bartholomew Island of Loyasa, in 1526, lies more 

 to the north, likewise a higli land ; to the west 

 of which there are low islands. The islands seen 

 by the Nassau fleet have been erroneously referred 

 to these. 



The boats from the province of Ulea and Eap, 

 which are driven to Radack, convince us that the 

 monsoon reaches much farther to the east than we 

 have supposed. 



The seamen of these islands, who find their way 

 back from Radack again to their home, and on the 

 other side go to and from the Philippines, show us 

 that their navigation embraces a space of forty-five 

 degrees of longitude, which is almost the greatest 

 breadth of the Atlantic Ocean. 



