VOYAGE
TO
THE XORTH PACIFIC OCEAJ
AND
ROUND THE WORLD.
BOOK THE FIFTH.
Third visit to the Sandwich islands— Conclusion of THE SURVEY OF THE COAST OF NoRTH-WkST AmERICA.
CHAPTER T.
Leave the coajl of New Albion — Arrive off the eaji point ofOwhyhee — Exa- irune Whyeatea bay — Vifited by Tamaahmaah — Proceed to Karakakooa bay — Tranfadions there — Departure of the Dcedatusfor New South Wales. Docfmbor.
WUR progrcfs from the coaft of New Albion, Hill attended with light variable winds, was fo flow, that at noon of the 15th tlic fhores were yet in fight, bearing from n. 17 e. to S.69E.; the former, being the "" "^ '^" neareft, was dillant 7 leagues ; the obferved latitude was 30" 14', longi- tude 243- 57i'. In the afternoon, the wind blew a moderate gale at w.n.w., which brought us by day-light the next morning within fight of the ifland of Mondav ifi Guadaloupe. This ifland is compofed of high naked rocky mountains ; is about thirteen miles long, nearly in a north and fouth dire61ion, • with two rocky iflets ; one lying w. s. w., at the diflance of half a league ; Vol. III. B the
