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lorn any other, received its population? particularly as every thins CHAP. 
ouis t e piobability of its inhabitants having migrated from the 
westward, in opposition to the prevalent wind and current. Captain 
an°d T bTf knowledge upon this subject at Wateo ; 
I ^ ^ lerea ter e able to offer something in support of the 
theory entertained by that celebrated navigator. 
1 Perouse differ in a very trifling degree from each other, 
and also f« in the geographical position of Easter Island. The 
-d deducting 18' 30", in conse- 
W. That by Perousralr' 
56' 30" AT., is 109° 32 '’ l longitude of Conception to be 72° 
island is of a trianc,.,! . v ^he 
K. W to S F • ^ shape; its length is exactly nine miles from 
tlnrteen ftom N T W “ "1*““ N- W. to E. S. E., and 
in clear weather it ' 7 ' 
tance Tho ®ntteen or eighteen leagues dis- 
gi-er in tl®ATfr' “• ™ en- 
caricatured bitt of the land are a Uttle 
Further remarks on'tl™® “ “easureiuents are perfectly correct. 
Nautical Memoir. “ehorage will be found in the 
the nl'xt'isia!,? ^“‘T "ond, and bore away for 
»°n>e exj^if oi>-t- On the 19th, during a .iln,, 
ferent depths a ■*7°,™'“*® ™ temperature of the water at dif- 
tin case which conti’^^ hauling in, a large sword-fish bit at the 
. carrying it off OnTi! but, fortunately, he failed in 
sea-iiirls were se™ tt i -“y 
the time of our quitting E other indication of land. From 
retarded the progress of fh^sh' ''"'““o "’inds greatly 
gained the parallel of Ducie's Islmirw^tht 
three in the afternoon L islITwrlt: “tat 
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