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A VOYAGE TO THE 



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' -^ them bore North Weft by Weft half Weft, diftant about 



February, cjght or nlnc Icagucs ; the ifland of Taya South Weft 

 e ne • 27- j-}-jj.£e quarters Weft, diftant eight or nine leagues, depth 

 of water eighteen to fifteen fathoms dark grey faiid ; faw 

 the clufter of ifland s, called the Three Iftands, bearing 

 South, diftant about five leagues. Inftead of three iftands, 

 v/e found iftands and rocks, upwards of a dozen, the largeft 

 of the clufter of iftands and rocks, and which is nearly 

 the Northern and Weftern extreme of them, bore from 

 South South Eaft half Eaft to South by Eaft half Eaft, 

 diftant three leagues; fome fmall rocks above water lying 

 a little to the Northward and Weftward of this ifland 

 South by Weft, Pulo Taya North Weft three quarters 

 Weft, feven or eight leagues diftant. We run along the. 

 Weft fide of the clufter Three Iftands, at the diftance of 

 three or four miles from them in fifteen or fixteen fathoms 

 water, over a dark grey fandy bottom. Thefe iftands are 

 a moderate height, very woody, and appear to be fafe and 

 bold too ; there are fome fandy beaches, which I dare fay af- 

 ford plenty of turtle, and no appearance of any breakers any 

 where about the ifles, except at a little diftance from the 

 points of the fmall rocky ifles. At half paft eleven the Queen 

 Charlotte hoifted her colours half maft high ; on this we 

 fliortened fail, fpoke her, and found her furgeon dead. At 

 noon clufter Three Iftands bore from North Eaft by Eaft half 

 Eaft to South Eaft by Eaft half Eaft, diftant from the neareft 

 ifland about three leagues; the fmall iflands lying off the 

 North end of Banca, bearing South South Weft, diftant ten 

 or twelve leagues, and Pulo Taya about North North 

 Weft, diftant ten or twelve leagues. I make the Northern 

 and Weftern extreme of the clufter Three Iftands to lie in 



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