VOYAGE IV SEARCH 



Thr wefrcrnmofr point of this ifland is in lati- 

 tude 2 59' 26" fouth, and longitude 14S 29' 

 15" eaft. It is three myriameters in its great cit 

 length from eaft: fouth-caft to weft north- weii. 



We remarked off its weft point an iilot, which 

 Carteret had not perceived. 



Ten days had now elapfed without our having 

 been able to get a meridian obfervation ; but on 

 the 26th of July we obferved at noon, in the la- 

 titude of 1 50' 29" fouth, our longitude being 

 1 48 16' 50" eail ; which enabled us to determine 

 the pofition of the north and the wefternmoft 

 point q( New Ireland, at 2 44' 3c" fouth latU 

 tude, and 148 iV 30'' eaft longitude. The 

 darknefs of the weather had deceived Carteret, 

 who had laid it down two myriameters more to 

 the northward. 



About four o'clock in the afternoon we were 

 at the diftance of three kilometers from a 

 great number of illots, fituatcd at the mouth of 

 the channel winch feparates New Ireland from 

 New Hanover, and we faw that the palTage be- 

 tween thefe tw ifiands was barred by i< 



New Ireland is terminated by fome low lands. 

 v Hanover exhibits, towards the north- 

 welt, a flat country, while its centre is occupied 

 by fome very high mountains, the chain of 

 which extends to the fouth-caft. 



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