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with conftant rain, they wore, and ftood from the land; ^"v^^* 
however, the afternoon proving tolerably clear^ they again j^^g^ 
flood towards it, and by four o'clock, were clofe in with 
the wefternmoft ifland. Two large canoes were lying 
on a fandy beach, but they did not perceive any inha- 
bitants. At five o'clock they faw feveral more iflands^ 
bearing north north-eaft, five or fix leagues diftant. 
During the night, Captain Marfliall flood under an eafy 
fail, and at day-light the next morning land was feen Sunday 29. 
a-head bearing north by eaft fix leagues, and fome land 
bearing eafl feventeen leagues diflant. Thefe iflands^ 
like all they had yet feen, were very low, and entirely 
covered with lofty trees ; on founding, they got no 
ground with an hundred fathoms of line. Their lati- 
tude at noon was 8° 59' north, and 170" 24' eafl lon- 
gitude. ' . ■ ^ '. ■ 
At five in the afternoon, more iflands were feeOj- 
bearing north, five leagues diflani, but night coming on 
they wore and flood to the fouthward. In the forenoon 
of the 30th, they ran between two iflands, about five Monday .os 
leagues diflant from each other, and furrounded by a 
number of breakers : by eleven o'clock they were en- 
tirely clear of all the land. Their obfervation at noon 
gave 9° 34' north latitude, and the longitude was 169*^ 
2 2/ eafl. Thefe lafl iftands were fuppofed by Captain Mar- 
fhall; 
