POSITION OF PLACES BY OBSERVATION.
| TABLES OF LATITUDE ANDLONGITUDE. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Names of Places. | Latitude N. | Longitude E. | ||
| ° ′ ″ | ° ′ ″ | |||
| Bashaw’s Castle, Tripoli | 13 10 42 | 4 Im. | ||
| Mergip Tower | 32 39 11 | R | ||
| Tabia Point | 32 33 41 | + | 14 22 20 | Ch. |
| Mersa Zeliten | 32 30 20 | ☉ | 14 33 18 | Ch. |
| Ditto | 14 31 18 | + | ||
| Town of Zoraig | 32 26 48 | R | 14 52 20 | R. |
| Cape Mesurata | 32 25 01 | ☉ 2 | 15 10 19 | 3 Im. |
| Date-tree at Aara | 32 10 15 | ☉ | 15 24 49 | + |
| Ditto | 15 25 14 | Ch. | ||
| Melfa Sand-hills | 32 03 43 | ☉ | 15 29 08 | + |
| Soolub | 31 45 40 | ☉ | 15 29 29 | Ch. |
| Ditto | 15 28 08 | + | ||
| Maháda | 31 31 57 | ⚹ | 15 40 45 | Ch. |
| Ditto | 15 37 58 | + | ||
| Jebba Ruin | 31 33 23 | + | 15 32 18 | + |
| Jaireed | 31 23 27 | ⚹ 2 | 15 52 26 | Ch. |
| Ditto | 15 50 21 | + | ||
| M’Had Hassàn | 31 16 53 | ⚹ | 16 06 40 | Ch. |
| Ditto | 16 04 40 | + | ||
| Jiraff | 31 13 27 | ⚹ 3 | 16 23 31 | Ch. |
| Mersa Zafferan | 31 12 48 | ☉ | 16 41 29 | Ch. |
| Jedeed | 31 12 43 | ⚹ 3 | 16 47 40 | Ch. |
| Shwaisha | 31 10 42 | ⚹ 4 | 17 02 18 | Ch. |
| Medina Sultan | 31 07 25 | ⚹ ☉ | 17 15 18 | Ch. |
| Nahim | 31 04 23 | ⚹ 2 | 17 26 58 | Ch. |
| Boosaida | 30 59 39 | ⚹ ☉ 5 | 17 39 15 | 5 Im. |
| Shedgàn | 30 55 30 | ⚹ 2 | 17 51 27 | Ch. |
| Howyjer Rock | 30 55 37 | ☉ | 17 57 46 | + |
| Shegga | 30 49 17 | ⚹ 2 | 18 4 47 | Ch. |
| Hoodea | 30 44 13 | ☉ ⚹ 3 | 18 17 55 | „ |
| Mahirrīga | 30 34 21 | ⚹ 3 | 18 30 38 | „ |
| Linoof | 30 23 51 | ⚹ 3 | 18 44 18 | „ |
| Muktarr | 30 17 43 | ⚹ 3 | 18 59 18 | „ |
| Bushaifa (Rock) | 30 17 40 | ⚹ | 19 12 05 | + |
| Sechereen (Bottom of the Gulf) | 30 16 00 | ⚹ 3 | 19 18 33 | Ch. |
| Gartubba | 30 18 48 | ⚹ 3 | 19 32 15 | „ |
| 123 | 30 22 22 | ☉ & ⚹ | 19 32 31 | + |
| Braiga Sand-hills | 30 23 39 | ⚹ 2 | 19 39 45 | „ |
| Ditto | 19 39 19 | + | ||
| Oorartow | 30 25 59 | ☉ | ||
| Tabilbey | 30 28 53 | ⚹ 3 | 19 46 06 | Ch. |
| Ishaifa Rock | 30 36 18 | + | 19 52 56 | + |
| Ain Agan | 30 33 57 | ⚹ 3 | 19 50 42 | Ch. |
| Allum Limàrish | 30 35 88 | ☉ | ||
| Shiebah | 30 38 35 | ⚹ 3 | 19 58 23 | Ch. |
| Gara Island (N. E. end) | 30 47 20 | + | 19 57 24 | + |
| Rhowte Elassouad | 30 50 00 | ⚹ 3 | 20 05 51 | Ch. |
| Ditto | 20 06 28 | + | ||
| 149 Rock | 30 53 32 | + | 20 06 20 | + |
| Shawhan | 31 02 44 | ⚹ 3 | 20 12 26 | Ch. |
| Carcora Sand-hills | 31 26 23 | ⚹ 2 | 20 02 50 | Ch. 2 |
| Ditto | 20 02 45 | + | ||
| Point of Mersa | 31 28 25 | + | 20 00 30 | + |
| Amara Marabot | 31 54 57 | ⚹ 2 | 19 58 19 | Ch. |
| Ditto | ||||
| Bengazi Castle | 32 06 54 | ☉ 4 | ||
| Tochira (S. E. end of the town) | 32 31 44 | ⚹ 2 | 20 33 23 | Ch. 2 |
| Ditto (Mean) | 20 34 10 | R. 3 | ||
| Tomb at Ptolemeta | 32 42 12 | ⚹ 2 | 20 55 08 | Ch. 2 |
| Ditto | 20 54 57 | R. 3 | ||
| Cyrene (Tents near small Theatre) | 32 49 38 | ⚹ 3 | 21 49 05 | Ch. |
| Mersa Suza (or W. end of the Town) | 32 54 53 | ⚹ 4 | 21 55 57 | Ch. 2 |
| Castle at Derna | 32 46 18 | ⚹ 3 | 22 40 48 | Ch. |
| El Hilàl (small Ruin on the Cape) | 32 55 48 | ⚹ 2 | 22 11 00 | Ch. |
| Ditto | 22 11 45 | + | ||
| Bujebara (Cape), or Ejeburni | 32 53 13 | ⚹ 3 | 22 24 52 | Ch. |
| Ditto | 22 23 30 | + | ||
| Cape Rasat | 32 56 50 | — | ||
| Cape, N. E. Ptolemeta | 32 46 38 | |||
| Rock off El Hyera | 32 50 20 | + | 22 34 12 | R. |
| Cape N. E. | ||||
| Note.—Ch. stands for chronometer; + intersections ofbearings and latitudes, or ∠’s; Im. for observations withsatellites of Jupiter; R. reduction by camel pace, or otherwise;and the figures denote the number of observations, of which theresults are a mean. | ||||
| OBSERVATIONS FORVARIATION. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date. | Place. | Latitude. | Longitude. | Variation W. | Remarks, &c. | |
| ° ′ ″ | ° ′ ″ | ° ′ ″ | ||||
| Oct. | 8 | Tripoly | 32 54 00 | 13 10 27 | 17 07 40 | Azimuth. Kater’s Compass. |
| Nov. | 10 | Sidi Abdelati | 32 42 25 | 16 31 00 | Azimuth. | |
| Nov. | 17 | Zeliten | 32 29 04 | 16 43 52 | Azimuth. | |
| Nov. | 24 | Mesurata | 32 22 41 | 15 10 35 | 16 57 00 | Azimuth. |
| Dec. | 1 | Mesurata | 32 22 41 | 15 10 35 | 17 12 36 | Azimuth. |
| Dec. | 6 | Soolup | 31 45 40 | 16 19 40 | Azimuth. | |
| Dec. | 14 | Zafferan | 31 12 21 | 16 39 04 | Azimuth. | |
| Dec. | 26 | Hoodea | 30 44 24 | 15 26 45 | Azimuth. | |
| Dec. | 31 | Braiga | 30 23 40 | 14 21 20 | Azimuth. Theodolite. | |
| Jan. | 3 | Braiga | 30 23 40 | 14 28 53 | Azimuth. Kater’s Compass. | |
| Feb. | 16 | Bengazi | 32 10 18 | 20 03 00 | 14 44 13 | Azimuth. Theodolite. |
| March | 26 | Bengazi | 32 07 07 | 20 03 00 | 14 51 0 | Amplitude. Kater’s Compass. |
| July | 25 | Bengazi | 32 06 41 | 20 03 00 | 15 13 40 | Azimuth. Kater. |
| June | 20 | Apollonia | 32 54 53 | 14 12 40 | Azimuth. Ditto. | |
| June | 11 | Apollonia | 32 54 53 | 14 29 00 | Amplitude. Ditto. | |
| June | 12 | Apollonia | 32 54 53 | 14 33 00 | Amplitude. Ditto. | |
| June | 19 | Apollonia | 32 54 53 | 14 27 30 | Amplitude. Ditto. | |
| June | 1 | Derna | 32 46 24 | 14 30 10 | Azimuth. Ditto. | |
FOOTNOTES:
[1]In justice to Mr. Arnold, we must say that these two watches gave results beyond our most sanguine expectations.
[2]We had no opportunity of ascertaining the height of this range.
[3]Neither of these afford shelter for shipping.
[4]Monsieur Lauthier informs us that there is good anchorage in this bay in six fathoms water, muddy bottom, at a quarter of a league distance from the shore.
[5]This distance is by estimation.
[6]A large rock cod was taken alive among the rocks, by one of our party.