106 : Geographical Notices. 
Capt. Long writes :— 
Honotvutv, November 7, 1867. 
During my cruise in the Arctic woe this season, I saw land 
not laid down on any charts that I have seen. The land was first 
seen from the bark Nile on the evening rot the 14th of August, and 
the next day at 93 o’clock a. M.; the ship was eighteen miles dis- 
tant from the west point of the land. I had good observations this 
day, mh i es the west point to be in lat. 70° 46’ N., and lon: 
178° 
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cations of whales, I did not feel justified in endeavoring to work 
through it and dered the shore which I think could have been done 4 
without much dan 
tvations on the 16th, and made the southeastern cape, which hi 
hee named Cape Hawaii, to a n lat. 70° 40’ N., and lone 
158° 51’ W. It is impossible t batt how far this land exten 
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Herald Island as far north a 
Capt. Raynor writes :— 
Honotutv, November 1, 1867. 
I send a short account of a large tract of land lying in the midst 
of the gestic a n, hitherto but little known. ‘This island has — 
reto: n considered to be two islands, one of which has bee? — 
: glish charts as Plover Island, which is laid down 
Os WW, of Herald Island. The other is simply marked 
x land On my last cruise, I sailed 
doubt that it extends mi and ‘a ak is 
ars who traced i othe nor of a "I think the is ne 
the north, 
