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has Bowditch any reference to it in his tables of latitudes and 

 longitudes. The island has been seen by some others of our 

 whalemen who have cruised in that neighbourhood ; and Captain 

 Swain, late of the ship Charles, ran near it, and made the longi- 

 tude 113 30' west, the same as given in Purdy's former maps. 



On some old charts I perceived an island laid down in the same 

 parallel of latitude, and about 120 west longitude, but which is 

 not found in the best modern charts. 



Captain Swain, while passing from Sandwich islands to Cape 

 Horn, ran farther south than usual for whale-ships, and discovered 

 an island in latitude 59 south, and longitude 90 west, covered 

 with snow, and abounding with sea-dogs and fowl. This .must 

 be the same island discovered by Captain Macy, an account of 

 which is given before ; and this is only introduced to show how 

 practical men tell their plain stories, and, without any previous 

 concert, confirm each other. 



Captain H. Bunker, in 1823, discovered an island in 15 3(X 

 north, and 136 west longitude. Lying to windward, and it 

 blowing strong, he could not get to it to make any observations. 



In the same year he landed on an island in 24 22' north, 

 longitude 153 18' east, by reckoning, not being able to make 

 an observation that day; nor has he visited or heard of the 

 island since. 



Captain H. C. Bunker, about three years ago, discovered an 

 island not on his charts; it is called by the natives Pearotuah, 

 is three miles from east to west, about twenty miles in circum- 

 ference, high, mountainous, rocky, and rugged, free from all 

 dangers around it, with two boat-harbours, one northwest of the 

 other, on the northwest side ; the land productive. The mission- 

 aries had visited it, and Mr. Williams was on it at the time. 

 The natives are estimated at five thousand in number. It is in 

 latitude 21 17' south, and longitude 159 40' west. There is 

 no trace of this island on Purdy's charts to the latest editions 



