OF LA PEROUSE. 22/ 



Vljlede Moulin, Moulin's Ifland, from the name 

 of him who had firft difcovered it. 



At four o'clock we got fight of two other 

 fmall iflands, lying to the north-weft by north, at 

 the diftance of a myriameter and a half. It was 

 impoflible for us to pafs beyond thefe iflands be- 

 fore night ; for which reafon we directed our 

 courfe to the fouth fouth-eafl, and foon after 

 brought to, till the next morning. 



During the whole night we were furrounded 

 by a great number of birds, inhabiting thefe low 

 iflands: fome man-of-war birds came, notwith- 

 standing the darknefs, and foared at a little dif- 

 tance over the fhip, and feveral boobies fettled 

 on our yards. 



The Admiral had intended to go and anchor 

 under the lee of Moulin's Ifland ; but we had 

 been carried upwards of a myriameter to lee- 

 ward, and it would have been very difficult to re- 

 cover this ground, againft currents and contrary 

 winds. We flood to the north north-eafl ; and 

 it was not long before we faw, to the northward, 

 fome breakers, not very far from the two iflots 

 which we had difcovered the day before : we 

 fleered along them at the diflance of two kilo- 

 meters in their direction towards the north-weft. 



By our obfervation at noon we were in lati- 

 tude 1 8 f 46" fouth ; our longitude being i6o c 

 32' eaft ; and at this time the nearefl reefs lay 

 1 2 two 



