THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
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We were at this time two miles diftant from the fhore; 1780. 
the peak of Cracatoa bore North Weft by North; Bantam e [ u r 
Point Eaft North Eaft half Eaft ; Prince’s Ifland South Weft 
by Weft. 
The ifland of Cracatoa is the Southernmoft of a group 
fltuated in the entrance of the Strait of Sunda. It has a 
high peaked hill on the South end % which lies in latitude 
6° 9' South, and longitude 105° 15' Eaft; the whole circuit 
of the ifland is not more than three leagues. Off the North 
Eaft end lies a fmall ifland, which forms the road where 
the Refolution anchored; and within a reef that runs off 
the South end of the latter, there is good fhelter againft all 
Northerly winds, with eighteen fathoms water near the 
reef, and twenty-feven in the mid-channel. To the North 
Weft, there is a narrow pafs for boats between the two 
iflands. 
The fhore, which forms the Weftern fide of the road, is 
in a North Weft direction, and has a bank of coral ftretch- 
ing into the fea, about one-third of a cable’s length, which 
makes the landing difficult for boats, except at high wa¬ 
ter ; but the anchoring ground is very good, and free from 
rocks. The place where the Refolution watered is a fmall 
fpring, fltuated abreaft of the South end of the fmall ifland, 
at a fhort diftance from the water-fide. A little to the 
Southward, there is a very hot fpring, which is ufed by 
the natives as a bath. Whilft we were lying off the South 
end of this ifland, we fent a boat with the Matter on fhore, 
* The ifland of Tamarin, or Sambouricou, which lies about four leagues to the North 
of Cracatoa, may be eafily miftaken for the latter, having a hill of nearly the fame flze 
and form, fltuated alfo near its Southern extremity. 
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