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August. 



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Anchored on tlic Norili fide of tliis ifland, of vvKich the middle lies ui iS° 48^ S. ani 

 169° 20' E. Its circuQifereace appears tobe above 30 leagues. 



4. Sailed from this iflaud, which (as we afterwards learnt) the natives call Irromanga, and 



advanced towards the more Southerly one* 



5. Anchored in a port on the new ifland, which has a volcano. The natives call thcir 



ifland Tanna ; it lies in 19* 30' S. and 169^ 38^ E. Its circuit appears to be about 



24 rcagucs. 

 Sailed from Tanna. A fmall low ifland, named Immer, lies a few leagues to the North 



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of it ; a high ifland, called Irronun, lies about 12 leagues to the Eaftward of it ; and 

 another, called Anattom, to the South-Eaftwrird. This laft is fituated In 20'' 3' S. 

 and 170" 5' E. We ftood to the North Wcftward, along the Ice-fide of the cluftcr of 

 ifles we had hitherto difcovered, which were named the New Hebrides. 

 ivl'ng coafted the W. fnoiic of Mallicollo, we failed round its North point, through a 

 paflage already difcovered by M. de Bougainville, and formed by another great ifland 

 to the Northward, near which we few fcveral fmall ifles, along the S. and E. coafls. 



SC. We entered a vaft bay about 8 leagues deep, on the North end of the great Ifland. 



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Xajiies. Its Weil point, which we called Cape Cumberland, lies in 14° 38' S. 



and 166= 52' E. and the Eaft point, 

 14' E. 



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James, on Qu 

 iling its Wefte' 



Paflage. The S. W. point of the land, or Cape Lilburnc, lies in 15^35' S. and 



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■September.. 



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Difcovered a veiy extenfivc traft of land, to which wc gave the name of New Caledonia. 

 Came to an anchor in a harbour on the North fliore. A fmall ifland in the harbour, which 



wc called Obfervatory Ifland, lies in 20'> 15' S. and 164° 40' E. 

 Sailed out of the harbour to the North Weftward along the fhore. The point we firfl fell 



02^ E. 



In with or Cape Collnet, lies in 20° 30' S. and 165 



An Ifland to, the Weftward, which the natives call Balabea, about 12 miles In circuit, 



lies in 20° 06' S. and 164° 18' E. 

 a6. The Northernmoft land, which looked Wee broken iflands, lies nearly in 190 37' S. and 



163° 40' E. We failed to the South Eaftward again along the coaft. 

 Saw the Eafternmofl extremity of New Caledonia, which we called _ 



Foreland, In 22° 15' S. and 167° 15' E. In the evening difcovered another ifland, 

 which we called the Ifle of Pines. It is 15 or 18 leagues in circuit, and lies in 22» 

 40' S. and 167° 40' E. 



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Came to an anchor under a fmall Ifle, which Capt. Cook called Botany Ifland, 



28' S. and 167° 16' E. The Southernmoft point of New Caledonia, which wc ca.led 



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