272 VOYAGL IN SEARCH 



On the iSthy at ten o'clock in the morning, 

 we difcovered to the weftvvard, the Deliverance 



Illands. 



About noon, the fouthernmoft bore from fouth 

 13 weft to weft 19 fouth, diftant two myri- 

 ametcrs, and the other weft 27* fouth. We 

 had juft found our fnip to be in latitude 

 10* 48' fouth, and longitude 160* 18' caft. 

 Thefe two fmall iflands are very fteep almoft 

 throughout their whole circumference, al- 

 though they are of no great elevation. We 

 perceived on them fome inhabitants, and large 

 plantations of cocoa-nut trees. 



We foon made all the fail we could, in order 

 to run in with the Terre des Arfacides, the 

 lofty mountains of which we faw to the weft 

 fouth-weft. 



The next day, the 27th, we ranged along its 

 coaft; at ten o'clock in the morning we had 

 juft weathered a flioal, which extended to up- 

 wards of three kilometers into the offing, when, 

 by the negligence of the people on the look- 

 out, we palled over another ftioal, where for- 

 tunately there was fufficient water to prevent 

 the fliip from receiving any damage. 



At noon we were in latitude lo*^ 54' fouth, 

 and longitude 159 41' eaft, when we fet the 

 '^'erre des Arfacidesj bearing from eaft 21 north 

 to weft 29'* north ; we were then a demi-myri- 



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