XadroRc
Islands.
under the lee of another of the lUt^MB^^SaflMd'd'hQök-
tchoo, in the bottom muddy; the
Grand Ladrone ^hesrittg* I “vrêst^éüth’^fessiN distööt three
leagues, and Ghook-tehoo south by west, thisÉe -Uaf-ifew.
Thei latitude o f the Grand Ladrorte ! appeèrid^tlsdbe
tweury-önfe fifty-two- minutes north, and the
longitude lèifêlbundredrUnd' thirteen1 de^eiS’4hirty*rft
öiiöuteS' east of Gre#»wiêhi ■ T he r latitudeI ©f^Gfeook-
tchoo twenty-one degrees fifty-fisfc?^
its^liüg^udë one hundred and thirteen- dégreMfe ftfoty-
four minutes east. These fongitndes are^aTëwmilesi lêSS
easterly than tfeë ^situation» im whiteh thcfséCiëlandse^rf
generally supposed to lie ; büt b e ii|| nlednUêd .vfriöm a
time-keeper that had been found to jfcgree'»within a v-Uary
few minutes of longitude, with the mean of Seveml lunar
observationsy taken two day® before, tt'islp!resUmed .they
are-nearly corrects
The'margins, or rocks óf the Ladrteeislands next the
sea, arfe of a-black, or dark b row n 'C o lo u ry ow in g -U rth te
action-of thd'saltWvuteri The sprayund dashingtntlafee
waves upon them haVe corroded their surface in many
parts,- so as»to^give theffl an: honeycombedappearanGé.
There are some springs to be found upon those islands-.
The water is not' brackish, nor has it anylehalybeatei
br other mineral taste. Thë’sóil upon the sürfi®ë^j^
pears to be of the same nature with the component
parts' of the rocks below,- and' indeed is nothing else
than-ithe? uppeisdl^^tofvth»3i@ok|*d^UP^s#d and pul-
verized by therf®ij®^aoti©ni<rf the^s!un'.and*:raiii inthfey
susstefeion oftv^e!s:*aTihle^Eoek3i^e^BBsisls;of, a mixture of
eLay^icalXcof iron insahsmall proporta0a,/andr a great deal
of siliceous»'earth ®aad>auicaifi The’ sea all ?raund'.is!q£ a
dirtyty ett@Wish muddytcolour, and bf jhoigrs^t' depth.
Tbefeattom is mud ahdicl^yu^i!
Thfe.-kadrones^ andiclifs^teESof5lisladds,between* them
aud uhe^ southerns .extremity ofodhina^naaieiie^jsyiiear to
each others Sndatb^the-main land, aridiare»also sobroken,
uaiwelhsasstsodifre^ul^Kin theiriform,- arid» position a as. to
appear; tike -fragments, disjointed from pthe/jebptiinent*,
audrfrom- each' other, at remote,» peri.a(|s?;g^y , $1 et .successive
violence; of mighty torrents, or- itu sorneisuddoo con-
vulsions-Uf nature. Thosei■ fragments.;h ajv e- mo w a very
barren and unpromisingjaspeefod IupaiRfejeuiafispots, in-
■dteedytherearesomeseattered patches of pleasingvurduiie ;
but, in general, littleibetterrthanivnak|ed> roGks appear ;
and scarcely a tree<f©r shruh.is vdsabief among; them.
Those-islands'serve chiefly as .retreats fo^i,pirates, and
for the temporary;abodo of fisheumen.^ -
Sir.'Erasmus. Gower observes, that “ all- the island si to
the. eastward; o f thoi.Gra<Ud Ladron& are steeper than,
u »those to, the westwarakiriThe former ,ai?ej.high^.aud un-
T even, and the depth of water, among-them is about
“ twenty fathoms. The lattenare tolerahly;even, and,
Ladrone
Islands.