Cruise of H.H.S. ” Cornwallis” In 1 P 07 -P. under 
Ha O.oipr.-.and of ..Captain Charles James Johns to: • 
As we were going in a direction that few 
ships have been, I was in great expectation of 
making some discovery. My hopes were confirmed, 
as on the 14th December (180?) at 4 p.ia., we 
discovered two islands from the mast-head bearing 
South by East. Their latitude is 16 52 North and 
Longitude by D.irf 190° 26 ' East. 
As these Islands are not laid down in any 
Chart and no mention made of them in any late 
voyages of these seas, I have every reason to 
consider them as a new discovery. They are very 
low and have a dangerous ' reef off the East end of 
them, could not be more than 3 or 4 miles in extent.” 
Nheh I was at G-i bra Iter, Captain Nugent, R.N. 
(now Admiral Nugent) showed me a photograph of Johnston 
Island. He had been in one of H « . Ships (I cannot 
remember the name) that was sent about 30 years ago to 
raise the British Flag on the Island, and to put up a 
notice that it belonged to this Country. The notice 
was shown on the photograph. 
Park Cottage, 
Cobham, Surrey. 
(sgd.) J. T. JOHNSTON, 
Major General. 
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