Two others, north 42º east.
[Sidenote: Channels between the islands generally deep.]
6th of September.—Weighed and stood to the southward. At noon observed in 35º 17' north, longitude 126º 28-1/2' east, being then in the centre of a semicircle of islands, extending from north-east to south-east and south-west. During the forenoon the flood tide set strong to the north north-east against us. Most of the channels between the islands were deep, but to-day we tried one which had not more than five and a half fathoms. At 4.30. took sights, when a long bluff island bore east north-east a quarter of a mile. Longitude 126º 6' 37" east; latitude 35º 6' north. This island is the most westerly of the range of islands which lie between the latitude 35º and 36º north. High and connected land was faintly discernible to the eastward. The soundings were generally from nine to fifteen fathoms, deepening in most cases on approaching the bluff islands.
[Sidenote: Flood tide runs to the northward.]
[Sidenote: Windsor Castle.]
[Sidenote: Bearings.]
7th of September.—We anchored last night about ten o'clock in seventeen fathoms; the flood tide had made; it ran north nearly three miles an hour, till four A.M. when we got under weigh, and drifted fast to the southward with the ebb. At 9.30. got sights, which gave longitude 125º 52' 45" east, latitude 34º 42' north; at this time a very remarkable hill on an island bore east 8º south; it has the appearance of a turret or large chimney. The other bearings from this spot were—
Western extreme of a large island stretching west north-west, and east south-east; north 27º, east 4 or 5'.
Round rock, north 18º east, 8'.
Cluster of islands from north 50º west, to north 74º west.