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round him in great numbers. They would not allow him to move 

 or walk a step, but carried him wherever he wished to go. They 

 regarded him as a superior grade of being, and paid him every 

 homage they knew how. The number of inhabitants is unknown, 

 and the island has never been visited since its discovery. 



In Captain Macy's last voyage but one, he discovered a group 

 of islands, eleven in number. They are many miles apart, and 

 all surrounded by a coral reef, situated in 9 north, and 164 4CK 

 east. Several of them are well inhabited by dark and savage- 

 looking fellows, although they behaved very well, came off in 

 their boats, and bartered cocoanuts. Captain Macy did not land, 

 nor is it probable the island has ever been landed on by any other 

 ship's crew. The reef enclosing the group is very dangerous, 

 extending, in some places, fifteen miles from the land. 



Broom's range affords a good place for wooding. 



Lord Howe's group is inaccurately laid down. 



There is a bank, latitude 36 north, longitude 179 east, on 

 which some whalers have sounded, but no one knows its extent 

 and bearings. 



Captain^ Coffin, as stated by Captain Macy, discovered a reef I 

 in latitude 32 north, and longitude 140 east. 



Sixty miles southwest from Ohituo is a newly-discovered island, 

 thickly inhabited by very friendly natives. Refreshments may be 

 procured at it in any quantity, and good anchorage found. 



The same captain, in the year 1824, discovered a group, con- 

 sisting of three islands, in latitude 21 north, longitude 179 west. 

 The islands are ten miles apart : many inhabitants are seen on 

 them ; but he did not land or hold any communication with them, 

 nor is it probable they were ever visited. 



Ceno island, in 23 50 7 south, 130 a 15' west, not laid down on 

 the charts, unless it be on some of the late editions. 



A group of islands, in latitude 31 06' north, and longitude 129 

 30' east, is not accurate on the charts, and the islands are not named. 



