ftill purfudft the fame éourfe, vto- pafs between them
and LieufehiSux; and at 23 h. We were a-broalt of thorn;.
H a l f an hoar afterwards we brought'to,,.to ebfe#|
the latifnde,i*having afrefh gale and a ‘gOoddeaLof
<ba<: ' At noon the north point- of Hietfehieui I^fe
S. ë0° -E. three leagues 3 Sugöp-ïoaf, juft vifible tbrofigti
the haze, SI 58? W.’ 5- * extreme of iLieu'ehieu x - to thé
South, S. 45° W.; a fmall ifle^to appearance hear thé
fhoje, South ; extremes of an high broken ifland, from
W. 10° W. to -N. 4ft° W., five dr fix leagues^ifthht';.
Low Jfland, N. 57° W.; êxtremesftöft another jftapdl
from N. 670 W. to N. 81° W., about foul?-leagues,''^"
moderate elevation. The northernmbft ifland I take
to be what is called Brimftone Ifland in- thepfturts;
which isfitüated, by Van Keulen* / to the Eaft of
Xdeuchieux.
At 1 h. 45tn. the north pointfof ilaenelBieux Uore
South, about four miles; and we law a low ifland t©
the N. E. At 3 h. M m / the„x^eine .of. the;iionfehei'n
part, from S. 25° W. to S. 67° W .; the lowdfland,
from M. 20° W. to N. 25° E. five or fix miles, whèü’we
made fail to the N. E. At 4 h. :15 mi. ^the :fböth ? est
tremeof the low ifland bore Weft, about throe-leagues*
I t was very low a t eaqh extreme, with breakers off
the-points; and in the .centre, of very moderate elevation.
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vationdl Tfai&- ifland appeared like th o le ’ we haft ch a p .
hitherto Ifefeh’, fertile in appearance.
; M v,* - 3 ", - , , Wm mi
July.
At 5 h. 15 m. we TaW* a moreI#fleiifive ifland bearing
JjNV by W.;-fthdT&i 7 h. it’ extended’^from N. to
N. W. § W., bu^'wery' lfidiftindtly, for A the haze: we
■eftihiated it a t three of "fouh feaghes diftanceJ *f-Ialf
paft, We*broughfto for the night '^-and in the- morning,
frj oftf futprife; We had nO f i ^ to f the 1-and.
- At Ifh. Sn ifland was feefi b e a r i n g A t i4ths.;
Hpti-I 30‘ifo ifhxftebdeft' from SNWflh-'to'-1¥. -Wi two
■<#! tMefe feftgnes'. At 8m. 'We-hahted oifr w-iod -smd
pli^ftfri, windward. -At. day-lighti the ifland- prd%ved,
the, fame beaffif^s'; and a t '1-8 h.r30'*tf* the inartii point
bpre Weft.: and in thq dilution-fc>f W. from,
ftih ^jioint,* we faw^aholhef Ifland.: Tlfo'ftrft illand |si\
orLdi^'^^uds f o ^ t e h t^ in a Mii^S*a*ndS,. W.
line, low at each extreme, but iMegoabrnply from the
fea on tle eaft fide to *a confi doable, elevafiou, and
very Toeky. -On the weft frde werfe cfewsical )fimah[yil-
lages fcattered along fhore ; and a^finall opening -'afforded
fhelter to fome junks. Behind the villages
was cultivated land. ,«At20th. the other ifland bore
from Weft to j$v 66° W.threegr |our leagues. I t was,,
moderately high,, and diverfified with uneven ground ;;
but