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? SURVEY OF THE INT?.RTItOPICAL ls?s. ?e l?t is d?b? by its dis?verer, ? be Mar?6. ?0 m?es N. 49? �(M?.)from ?e noah of ?sema? Is?d, which Would ?s? m ?at isl?d a sit?6on in?0 �la6mde, ?d 11? 6' longitude; but on ?s pg?el ?ere is no ?d m ?e westw? of 118 �. ?e sh?, ?- ing to CapOn Homburgh's ?t, is ?es N., 49 �, (true) fr? T?o?He ?sl?d, �e no?-e?mos? of ?e Mon?beHo Group, w?ch must be ?e one t?en by CapOn ?erke ?r ?se? Is]?o. a--lZ ?r leavi? ?e ?, the wea?er w? ve? . d? ?d d?p for six days, during w?ch, wind ?i? light ?d baffling, preven? any pr?ess. Fo?una?ly we were fr? from sick- ness, o?erwi? ?e h? r? ?at fell would have ?us? a ?iderable in?nve?ence ?ew, by ?ing ?em ? ?e s?e s?l ?b? with ?e sick. Happily, however, I he?d of no ?s. ?mp?nts, ?d on ?e 13th at n?n, ?e w?er began ? dear up ?e S.E., ?d ?n v?r? ? a s?y wind from S.S.W. We ?en steer? ?st ? ?o?, ?d at sun-set ?e next eve?, it w? ?en about ?ree m?es off, when we sound? with 170 fa?oms of l?e wigout get?ng bottom: during ?e night we s? off ? ?e w?twa?, and ?ly ? ?e mor? m?e ?e sho? ?n: