AT THE ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS. 



3 2 9 



BEARINGS. 



Northernmost point of the Land, N. i6° E. 



Southernmost point of do. S. 21 E. 



Nearest shore - N. 70 E. 



DANISH POINT, at Nancozvry, 1790. Observa- 

 tions for the Latitude, taken near the Flag Staff. 



If the first observation by Capella be rejected, the 

 mean of the remaining seven will be 8° 2' 32". 



Th e observations were made with a fine Sextant by 

 Troughton, and Artificial Horizon. The refrac- 

 tions applied in computing these, and all the follow- 

 ing observations, were taken from Monsieur Le Gen- 

 til's Table, published in his fC Voyage dans les Men 

 de L'Inde.'* The declinations of the Stars were 

 taken from Table 7th of the requisite Tables, and 

 partly from Dunn's Catalogue. 



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