2S4 CRUISE OF THE PORPOISE. 



S., having been cruised over without any appearance whatever of 

 land. 



On the 5th of January, they passed near Taweree, or Resolution 

 Island, but found there was too much surf to land upon it. There 

 were about twenty inhabitants, who, on the approach of the brig, 

 came running to the beach with cocoa-nuts to barter. They appeared 

 to be stout men, and were thought to resemble the natives seen at 

 Clermont de Tonnerre. 



Taweree consists of two small isles, together about four miles in 

 circumference : it has three clumps of cocoa-nut trees upon it, but of 

 its south and west sides the greater portion is a bare reef After sur- 

 veying it, they bore up for the two groups, and the same afternoon 

 passed through the channel between them, which is a mile wide, with 

 no soundings. The southern island was surveyed : it has a bare reef 

 on its southeast and west sides, with a cocoa-nut grove on the south 

 end. No entrance exists to the lagoon, and no natives were seen. 

 The southern portion of the northern isle is a bare reef, with some 

 high clumps of trees on the eastern side. 



On the 6th, Nukutipipi or Margaret's Island was made. It proved 

 to be a small round lagoon island, two miles in circumference, high 

 and well wooded on the north side, with a flat submerged reef 

 on the southeast and east sides. After completing the observations, 

 they stood for Teku or the Four Crowns of Quiros, the island to the 

 westward : it has now five clumps of trees. It had no opening to its 

 lagoon, nor could a landing be effected. No traces of inhabitants 

 were seen on either of the islands. 



On the 10th, Lieutenant-Commandant Ringgold made what they 

 supposed to be the island of Archangel, but very much out of place. 

 It is a small lagoon island, of oblong shape, lying northwest and 

 southeast ; wooded on the northeast and east, with a stunted growth 

 of trees. No cocoa-nut trees were seen, and the eastern portion of 

 the trees appeared as if burnt. A reef extends off the northwest and 

 southwest sides, with a heavy surf, and there is a submerged reef on 

 the south and west sides. No opening exists, and a landing cannot be 

 effected without imminent danger to the boats. Its native name is 

 Heretua. 



The supposed location of Archangel was then searched for, but no 

 signs of land found. Turnbull Island was also looked for without 

 success. 



