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two kilometers to the eaftward of us. We con- 

 tinued ranging along them, fleering north-wefl 

 by north. 



About a quarter pad one o'clock we difcovered, 

 at a myriameter and a half to the eaftward, a low 

 and very woody ifland, which appeared to be at 

 leaft a myriameter and a half in circumference: 

 it was furrounded by rocks almofl even with the 

 water's edge. Being thwarted by the winds, we 

 flood on clofe-haulcd : fome breakers extended 

 about a myriameter and a half to the north-caft, 

 and from the middle of thefe reefs were obferved 

 to rife points of black rocks, like thofe we had 

 before feen. 



This new ifland is in latitude i8 3' fouth, and 

 its longitude is 160 31' caft. 



We ftood on to the northward, and about 

 four o'clock in the afternoon the laft of thefe 

 rocks bore cart, diftant a myriameter and a half: 

 here appeared to terminate the reefs which 

 Teemed to trend to the eaftward, and then to the 

 fouth ward : their northern extremity is in lati- 

 17 54' fouth, and longitude 16c 30' 

 eaft ; and it lies about fix myriamcters to the 

 tliward 1 iin's Ifland. 



for u-. to perceive, by the heavy 



1, that . clear of the reefs. 



A great number of tropic-birds, boobies and 

 ar i^irds, had quitted the different 



iflots, 



