Western, extreme of a large island stretching west northwest,
and east south-east; north 27°, east 4 or 5'.
Round rock, north 18° east, 8 '.
Cluster of islands from north 50° west, to north 74“ west.
Round bluff small island, west. 9° south.
Large island, west 42° south, 7 or eight leagues.
Two.small distant islands, west 53° south, 1 0 ' leagues.
Small island, south 1 1 ' east.
Extreme of distant land, south 37° east; besides, as
usual, innumerable distant islands. The flood tide made
against us between, ten and, eleven. The soundings this
morning have been from twenty-three to nineteen fathoms.
The weather extremely hot and the water smooth. The
ebb made about four, and there being no wind, it carried us
rapidly towards , some rocks joining two islands. We an-
Vanation of the chored in twenty-one fathoms. The variation of the compass compass. Wp g t
2 1 ° westerly. The bearings, at anchor this evening were as
follows ;
Bearings. Small island, south 3° 22' east.
Large island,.from south to.south.20i? east.
A small island, south 2 2 ° east. '
Another, south 28i° east.
High bluff island, south 31° east.
Island from south 9° east, to south 18° west.
Sharp,peaked roek, south 25° 40' west.
Island from south ,63° west, to south 65° west.
Distant island, from south 631° west, to south 6 6 ° west;
nine or ten leagues.
0 Distant .smalt island, west 1 ° 1 0 ' north,, seven or eight
leagues.
Bearings.
Soundings.
Distant island, from west 6 ° 39' north, to west 9° north, Bearing«,
formed of one large flat space and five hummocks, eight or
nine leagues. ~ t
: Island, west.28<> 501 north.
Large island,'.from west 31« north, to west 38 19' north.
Round bluff island,? off which we observed a t noon
to-day; west.39°.52, north.ii ... | .
Distant small island, west 44°28'north, four or five leagues.
Large island, from west 71° north, to Iwest 81° 30' north.
An island, afterwards called Thistle Island, south 79°
east, to east 14° 52' north, besides numberless islands, in
thick clusters, extending as far as the eye could reach, in the
north-east and east quarters. In the afternoon a boat went
inside Thistle Island, and reported that there was a clear
anchorage.
8 th of September.—At noon we weighed and sailed round sau into m™.
ray’s Sound.
the north end of ThistleTsland, carrying seventeen; fathoms,
till the north end bore south; we then:shoaled to ten and
eleven, and one cast nine fathoms. On rounding the island
we steered south, and anchored in eleven fathoms, soft
bottom, about four hundred yards from the middle part of
the island. The islands a t this place are so situated as to
form a capacious and secure anchorage, with passages
among the islands in all directions. The latitude observed i*« i- °t>- ° served on snore.
with an artificial horizon on shore, was 34° 22' 39" north ; longitude
by mean of two chronometers, agreeing nearly, Longitude.
1 2 6 ° 2' .52“ east. The tides run at the springs at the rate of im<».
three and four knots, the flood to the .north north-east; the
rise and fall is fifteen feet. Strong eddies are felt among
the islands. The variation of the compass is 2° 30' westerly, variation of the