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bles the* island we discovered yesterday as to render any 

 further description unnecessary. 



We made the Tahitians several presents, and they in 

 return gave us some hooks made of mother-of-pearl. 



We observed on the beach two double canoes. Found 

 the position of the island to be, latitude 16° 03' 00" south, 

 longitude 145° 03' 00". 



August 31st. We had scarcely quitted Raraka when 

 another island was descried to the northward and west- 

 ward, which was not laid down on the charts. It is very 

 long and narrow. In some places it is well clothed with 

 trees and other subjects of the vegetable kingdom ; in 

 others it is entirely naked. This is particularly the case 

 towards the northwest and westward, where it is so low 

 that the sea washes over it and forms large pools. Here 

 and there on the beach we observed large detached pieces 

 of coral, some of square shape, others round, and of a color 

 nearly black. 



This island is destitute of harbors. The lagoon was 

 very extensive and apparently deep, and as far as the eye 

 could reach appeared entirely free from banks and rocks. 

 Koodies and Curlews were the only kind of inhabitants 

 we found on the island. Not a human being was seen any- 

 where, or even the traces of any. 



We named the island Yincennes. It is situated in lati- 

 tude 16° 08' 04" south, and longitude 144° 59' 45" west. 



September 3d. Having finished the survey of Yin- 

 cennes Island, we stood for Karlshoff's Island, discovered 

 by the Russians. As we approached we perceived the 

 natives making signals to us to land, which invitation we 

 accepted. They received us kindly, inviting us to their 

 huts, and doing all in their power to render our stay agree- 

 able. They informed us that they emigrated from the 



