SAILING DIRECTIONS. 
283' 
most extremity and the summit of Lizard Island are in 
the line of bearing of N. 5° W. (magnetic,) its latitude is 
14^53' 40". 
Reef k, in latitude 14® 47', has a dry sand upon it; its 
sub-marine extent was not ascertained. 
Reef 1 ; the position of this reef is rather uncertain, near 
its western side is a dry key in latitude 14° 47' 30". 
m is probably unconnected with the shoal off the south 
end of Eagle Island. In Captain Cook’s rough chart there 
is twelve fathoms marked between two shoals which must 
mean the above. 
EAGLE ISLAND is low and wopded, and situated at the 
north end of a considerable shoal ; its latitude is 14° 42' 20", 
and longitude 145° 18' 30". 
DIRECTION ISLANDS are two high rocky islands, so 
called by Captain Cook to direct ships to the opening in 
the reefs, through which he passed out to sea; they are high 
and of conical shape, and might be seen more than five or 
six leagues off was it not for the hazy weather that always 
exists in the neighbourhood of the reefs; the northernmost 
is in latitude 14° 44' 50", longitude 145° 26' 25": the 
southernmost is in latitude 14° 50', longitude 145° 26' 45". 
LIZARD ISLAND, about three miles long, is remark- 
able for its peaked summit, the latitude of which is 
14° 40' 20", and longitude 145° 23': on its south side is an 
extensive reef encompassing three islets, of which two are 
high and rocky : the best anchorage is on its western side 
A. 
Sect. II 
N. East 
Coast, 
