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excellent judgment with which they appear to have 

 been put together, there is every reason to suppose 

 it would have withstood the ravages of time, for suc- 

 ceeding generations to behold, with admiration and 

 astonishment, for yet many ages. 



XIX. 

 ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS 



MADE ON 



A VOYAGE 



TO THE 



ANDAMAN and NICOBAR ISLANDS, 



BY 



LIEUT. R. H. COLEBROOKE. 



Diamond Island, near Cape Negrais, 1789. 



December 14th. By the Sun's Meridian 1 Latitude. 

 Altitude taken on shore, - - - J 15° 49' 33" 

 By Captain Kyd, - - - 15 49 43 



Mean 15 49 38 



Carnicobar Island, 1790. On board the At al ant a 

 Sloop of War, about one mile from the western 

 shore. 



January 2d, Sun's mer. alt. 57 44' 40'' Lat. 9 8' 52" 



Bearings. 



