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and designated by the natives, who were Bisayans, or, 

 a colony of Los Moros, Mag^igfiin. From their conver- 

 sation, which was maintained between bad Spanish and 

 Bisayan, they exhibited little affection towards the 

 Spanish Government, and having been described by our 

 Ylin interpreter as bad, were, doubtless, friends of Los 

 Moros. The island is small, with a considerable elevation 

 in its centre, and has an enclosed palisaded village on the 

 S.W. The position of the western peninsular clump was 

 determined to be in Lat. 11 36' 10" N, Long. 120 37' 

 25" E. 



From hence we returned to Panagatan, after which, our 

 course was directed for the Cagayanes, with the intention 

 of completing the survey commenced in December, 1845. 

 Shortly after midnight on the 13th of February we struck 

 soundings in fifty fathoms, and hauled easterly into deeper 

 water, until the following morning, when passing down the 

 eastern side of the shoals, we selected a small coral islet, 

 discovered on our former visit, for our main position. 

 Having obtained all that we required here, we then pro- 

 ceeded to search for a line of shoals northerly, said to ex- 

 tend fifty or]sixty miles, and on which we had already ob- 

 tained the one cast of fifty fathoms. By dint of very close 

 watching we managed to keep upon the edge of the sound- 

 ings until noon the following day, the least water obtained 

 by the ship being eight fathoms and a half, although from 

 the ripples noticed, it is highly probable that dangerous 

 spots exist, but being out of sight of land can only be fixed 

 by Astronomical sea observations, and from the strength of 

 the currents, and prevalent light airs, unsafe for a sailing 

 vessel to examine. At the moment of rounding the 



