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tranfits of Mercury, by Mr. Green, a perfon o f known abilities,
who, as has been obferved before, was fent out by the
Royal Society, to obferve the tranfit of Venus in the South
Seas.
The northermoft of thefe iflands is called by the natives
Eaheinomauwe, and the fouthermoft Tovy, or Tavai Boe-
nammoo; yet, as I'have obferved before, we are not fure
whether the name Tovy Poenammoo comprehends the
whole fouthern ifland, or only part of it. The figure and
extent-of thefe iflands, with the lituation of the bays and
harbours they contain, and the fmaller iflands that lie. about
them, will appear from the .chart that I have drawn, every
part of which, however, I cannot vouch to be equally, accurate.
The coaft of Eaheinomauwe, from Cape Pallifer to
Eaft Cape, is laid down with great exacftnefs, both in its
figure, and the courfe and diflancc from point to point ; for
the opportunities that offered, and the methods that I ufed,
were fuch as, could fcarcely admit of ari error, from Eaft
Cape to St. Maria van Diemen, the chart, though perhaps
not equally exadt, is without any error of moment, except
poflibly in fome few places which are here, and in''other
parts of the chart, diftinguifhed by a dotted line, arid which
I had no opportunity to examine: from Cape Maria van Diemen
to latitude 36° 15', we were feldom nearer the fhore
than between five and eight leagues.;' arid therefore the line
that marks the Tea coaft may poflibly be erroneous. From,
latitude 36" 15' to nearly the length of Entry Ifland, our
courfe was very near the fhore, and in this part of the chart
therefore there can be no material error, except perhaps at
Cape Tierawitte. Between Entry Ifland and Cape Pallifer
we were again farther from the Ihore, and this part of the
coaft therefore may not be laid down with minute exadtnefs;
yet, upon the whole, I am of opinion that this ifland will be
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Found ndt much to differ from the figure that I have given m»-
it; arid that upori1 the collft there -are few or no harbours 1--- .—
Whicb are not riötieèd;iïn the joüfrial,1 or delineated in the
chart; I caiiriot however fay as much of Tövy Poenatnmoo,
the feafon of the year, and the cifcumftances of the voyage;
Wötfld not perrilit1 trie tb- fpend fo much time about this
ifland as I- had employed upori thé other';’ And the ftorriris
that Wë met With ih'adë'- it1 both difficult arid dangerous to
keep near the fllöfe. HéWeveï,: frdfii Qufeeii Charlotte’s
Sound to Cape Cafnpbeb' and as far to the S. W. as latitude
4 3 0 , thè chart' will be Fotirid pretty accurate. Between latitude
43’’ andlaiiitHde 44-0 26' thè line may be doubted, for of
fome part of the coaft which it reprefents, Wc had fcarcely a
view. From latitude 44'’ 20V to Cape Saunders'; ourdiftririce
would not permit me to be particular, arid the weather Was
befides extremely' unfavourable] Erom Cape SatmderS to
Cape South, and even to Cape Weft, there is alio reafon to
fear that the dharf will' ih tnany plates be foUrid erroneous;
as we wrire feldorii able tb keep the fhore, and were fome-
times blown to fuch a diftance that it could not be feeti:
From Capri Weft to Cape Farewell, and even to Charlotte’s '
Soundj it is not more to be trailed.
ToVy Poenammoo is for the moft part a mountainous, and country,
to all appearance a barren country; and the people whom
we faw in Queen Charlotte’s Sound, thofe that came off to
üs Uridér the friowy .mountains, and the fires to the weft of
Cape 'Saunders, were all thé inhabitants, and figns of in-
habitaftts, that we dïfcóvered upon the whole ifland.
Eaheinomauwe has amuch better appearance-,! it is indeed
not only hilly but mountainous; yet even the hills arid mountains
are covered with wood; and every valley has a rivulet
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