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Our astronomical observations on the Sand 

 wich Islands gave the following results: 



Latitude of Hanaruro . . . 21 17 57&quot; 



Longitude . . . *- . 158 00 30&quot; 

 Longitude of the Eastern point of the 



island Muwe . . . . 156 13 10&quot; 



Longitude of the Western point . . 156 48 11&quot; 

 Latitude of one of the small islands 



East of Maratai, which are not 



given in Vancouver s map . . 21 13 30&quot; 



Longitude 156 49 12&quot;. 



The account of our residence at New Arch 

 angel is contained in the tenth Chapter. 



On our return voyage to Wahu, we had con 

 stantly fine weather, though but little wind, 

 so that it was not till the 29th of August we 

 found ourselves in latitude 34, where we first, 

 in a clear star-light night, saw the comet which 

 was then visible in the neighbourhood of Alde- 

 baran ; it had a tail four degrees and a half 

 long. On the 4th of September we sailed over 

 a point, occupied in Arrowsmith s chart by the 

 island Laxara, without perceiving the smallest 

 trace of it ; the existence therefore of this island, 

 which is said to have been early discovered by 

 the Spanish navigators, remains doubtful. 

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