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« By the plan which the Chevalier Grenier has given of the islets extending to 
the north-north-east, it appears that this shoal is Corgadcs Garayos, and not the 
Saint Brandon, where the Hawke ran on shore, and which I have placed in 6o° io' 
longitude; that is, 9 0 30' west of the meridian of Surat, and in 16 0 38', according 
to the track of the Hawke, as laid down in the charts of the Isle of France, to be 
found in the English Pilot. 
" As to the two banks of Nazareth , they must be found between the track of 
the pink la Digue and Corgados Garayos ; as there is no reason to imagine, from 
the tracks of other vessels, that they are more to the west. 
" The course of the boats the Charles and Elizabeth, from Corgados Garayos to 
Madagascar, make it apparent, that these two banks do not extend so much to the 
south as the old charts represent them. After having traversed the course of these 
two vessels, I made a proportionate correction of their extent towards the so ith. 
“ These boats, on leaving Madagascar, proceeded on the 14th of October to 
make further discoveries: on the 27th, at nine, being in io° of latitude, and, accord¬ 
ing to estimation, in 50* 30' of longitude, they perceived a small triangular island, 
which they supposed to be Agalega , or the Isle Astove , and they ranged close 
along it, but without landing. This isle is probably that of the Assumption. 
ct On the 29th, in the morning, they discovered two islands, which were divided 
by a large bay, the opening of which lay east and west: but these appeared, never¬ 
theless, to be closely joined together by several intervening islets. 
“ According to the track of the boats, these two islands, which they supposed to 
be those of Jean de Nove , were seventeen leagues to the north-west of the triangular 
island which they had perceived on the 27th. 
* c The boats came to an anchor to the north-west of the northernmost island, and 
having sent a party to examine it, they found it very flat and marshy, and covered 
with small trees. They saw there a great number of land turtles, much larger than 
those of Rodriguez, and abundance of game. As the anchorage where they were 
was not good, they quitted it on the 1st of November, after having made a draught 
of the islands. It was in consequence of this discovery that I placed them upon my 
chart, as well as the little triangular isle, under the name of the Isle Astove. 
“ The two boats continued their course towards the east and the north- east till 
the 19th, and being, according to their reckoning, in 6o° 30' longitude, and 5 0 15' 
latitude, they perceived an island with very high land, which appeared to be six 
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