4C4 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 



The Ifland of Savu prefents an enchanting 

 profpect : it is interfered, particularly towards 

 the fouth- weft, by very fine hills, the gentle decli- 

 vities of which mull afford the natives a favour- 

 able and eafily cultivated foil. 



Some cocoa-palms, fcattered about in clumps 

 on the fkirts of the beach, ferved as a fhelter to 

 a few huts which ftill more embellifhed thefe 

 charming plantations. This ifland is in latitude 

 io25 / 48 // fouth, and longitude 119 45' 19" 

 eaft. The Dutch have here a fmall fettle- 

 ment. 



Towards the middle of the day we fet an ifland 

 bearing from fouth 46 30' weft to fouth 57 50' 

 weft, at the diftance of a myriametcr and a half. 

 It appeared to us not to be more than a myria- 

 metcr in length ; it is fituatcd in the latitude of 

 io 28' 50" fouth, and longitude of 119 56' 17" 

 call. 



At fix o'clock in the morning we got fight of 

 New SaVu, bearing caft 31 30' fouth, diftant a 

 myriametcr. This little ifland, which is very 

 lew, lies in latitude io 37' 28" fouth, and lon- 

 gitude 1 1 9 2' 47" eaft. 



At (unlet we difcovercd part of the ifland of 

 San del Bofe, about four myriamctcrs diftant to 

 the north north-eaft; it is covered with moun- 

 tains of moderate elevation, and is in the latitude 



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