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SURVEY OF THE INTERTROPICAL 
isi8. The last is described by its discoverer, to be 
March 6. 230 miles N. 49f° E. (Mag.) from the north part 
of Rosemary Island, which would assign to that 
island a situation in 20° 6' latitude, and 116° 6' 
longitude ; but on this parallel there is no land 
to the westward of 118° 40'. The shoal, accord- 
ing to Captain Horsburgh’s account, is 264 
miles N., 49°. E., (true) from Trimouille Island, 
the north-easternmost of the Montebello Group, 
which must be the one taken by Captain Clerke 
for Rosemary Island. 
6 - 12 . After leaving the land, the weather was very 
dull and damp for six days, during which, the 
wind being light and bathing, prevented any 
progress. Fortunately we were free from sick- 
ness, otherwise the heavy rains that fell would 
have caused a considerable inconvenience to the 
crew, by confining them to the same small cabin 
with the sick. Happily, however, I heard of no 
13. complaints, and on the 13th at noon, the weather 
began to clear up with a freshening breeze from 
the S.E., and soon veered to a steady wind from 
S.S.W. We then steered East to make the 
14 . shoal, and at sun-set the next evening, it was 
seen about three miles off, when we sounded 
with 170 fathoms of line without getting bottom: 
during the night we stood olf to the westward, 
and early in the morning made the shoal again : 
