Proceed to the
south-westward.
Bearings.
Main land.
Bearings.
5th of September.—At 1 1 A. M. we got under weigh
and stood to the south-west among the islands, carryin«-
seven, eight, nine, ten, to fifteen fathoms, and occasionally
deepening to seventeen fathoms. At 4. 45 we observed in
longitude 126° 241' east, and latitude 35° 52' north at this
time.
Two islands bore north half east, seven miles.
A remarkable small black island, west 32°, north four
miles.
Another, west 2 2 ° north, seven miles.
A range of islands, from east 1 0 ° north, to east 1 6 ° south.
A long island, from south 25° east, to south 1 1 ° east.
The islands off which we anchored on the 2 nd instant
bearing about north 1 0 ° west.
Two islands, from south 1 6 ° west, to south 25° west.
The main land from south south-east to north-east, high
and rugged.
We had a sea breeze to-day, and fine weather. Variation
2 ° 1 0 ' westerly. We ran on by moonlight till 1 1 P. M.,
and then anchored among the islands. Latitude, observed
by Polaris 35° 2 6 ' north. Longitude, at anchor by chronometer
next morning 126° 23'22" east. From this spot
the main land was seen from east 1 2 ° north, to south 2 0 °
east.
A rock, west 7° south, four miles.
An island, from west 15° north, to west 31° north, 4P.
Three islands, extending from west 36° south, to west
45° south, 3'.
Two distant ones in the same direction.
Cluster of islands, from west 64° south, to west 841° south.
Large island, north 12° west, ten or twelve miles.
A cluster of islands, from north 15° east, to north 28°
east.T
wo distant islands, north 32° east.
Two others, north 42° east.
6 th of September.—Weighed and stood to the southward
. At noon observed in 35 17' north, longitude 126° 28j
east, being then in the centre of a semicircle’of islands,
extending from north-east to south-east and south-west.
During the forenoon the flood tide set strong to the north
north-east against us. Most of the channels between the
islands were deep, but to-day we tried one which had not «“ “ “jo-p-
more than five and a half fathoms. At 4. 30. took sights,
when a long bluff island bore east north-east a quarter of a
mile. Longitude 126° 6 ' 37" east; latitude 35° north.
This island is the most westerly of the range of islands
which lie between the latitude 35° and 36° north. High and
connected land was faintly discernible to the eastward.
The soundings were generally from nine to fifteen fathoms,
deepening in most cases on approaching the bluff
islands.
7th of September.—We anchored last night about ten
o’clock in seventeen fathoms; theHood tide had made; it
ran north nearly three miles an hour, till four A. M. when
we got under weigh, and drifted fast to the southward with
the ebb. At 9- 30. got sights, which gave longitude
125° 521 45’ east, latitude 34° 42' north ; at this time a very
remarkable hill on an island bore east 8 ° south; it has the wm<i»rcasu«.
appearance of a turret or large chimney. The other bearings
from this spot were—