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' The conftancy of the fouth fouth-eaft winds 

 deprived us of all hopes of doubling the ifland 

 of Myfol to the eaftward. We were therefore 

 obliged to determine on making the land to the 

 northward of Ceram, in order to fhape our courfe 

 to the weftward from that ifland to Amboyna. 



At fix o'clock in the afternoon we were at the 

 diftance of three myriameters from Popo Ifland, 

 which bore fouth 6 weft. 



The next day, the 25th, we coafted it, leaving 

 it on the ftarboard hand, at the diflance of a 

 myriameter and a half: it exhibits a flat country, 

 from the middle of which rife three fmall moun- 

 tains clofe to each other. A few iflots were feen 

 very near it, to the fouth-weft. This clufter 

 occupies an extent of near three myriameters 

 from norih-eaft to fouth -weft. 



Popo Ifland is in latitude i 9' 14'' fouth, and 

 longitude 127 40' ealt. 



We faw Kanary Ifland, Myfol Ifland, and 

 part of the iflots which furround them. 



In the forenoon we loft a young failor, named 

 Pichot, who died of a marafmus, the confequence , 

 of a dyfentery, to which he had been fubjecl: for 

 the la ft fix months. 



Gn the 26th, the pofition of Canary Ifland 

 was fixed at the latitude of i 51' 36" fouth, and 

 longitude of 127 35' eaft. 



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