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VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEAS.
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as the prevailing winds are Northerly and tempeſtuous, will attempt to anchor on a lee-ſhore; but, during the ſummer, when the winds are changeable, moderate, and Southerly, I have no doubt but ſhips might remain here in perfect ſecurity.

When South of the Weſtern iſle, the whole has the appearance of a double-headed ſhot; but the Eaſtern hummock is ſeparated from it, by a very narrow reef, which divides it, as it were, into two iſles; the loweſt land, commencing from the reef, and joining the hummock to the Weſt. There is alſo a remarkable ſmall rock off the North Weſt end, which, in moſt points of view, ſhews itſelf like a ſhip under ſail. Theſe iſles I place by obſervation corrected of Sun, Moon, Stars, and chronometer, between the Latitude of 26° 19′, and 26° 13′; and Longitude, 79° 4′, and 79° 26′ Weſt.