THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
twenty-four fathoms depth of water; the bottom coral 
fand. In this ftation, the northern point of Hapaee, or the 
North end of Haanno, bore North, i6° Eaft. The Southern 
point of Hapaee, or the South end of Hoolaiva, South, 29 0 
Weft ; and the North end of Lefooga, South, 65° Eaft. Two 
ledges of rocks lay without us ; the one bearing South, 
50° Weft; and the other Weft by North \ North, diftant 
two or three miles. We lay before a creek in the reef, 
which made it convenient landing at all times ; and we were 
not above three quarters of a mile from the fhore. 
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