rd the Resolution,
with four different compasses 7 32 0 E.
Dip of the north /Balanced needle\ 40 22 30 E.
pole of the magnetic | |
needle on | Unbalanced, or |
shore, with \ plain needle / 40 41 15 E.
Dip of the north /Balanced needle\ 41 50 0 E.
pole of the magnetic | |
needle on | Unbalanced | 40 30 5 E.
board, with \ needle /

_A Table of the Latitude and Longitude of the Sandwich Islands_.

Latitude. Longitude.
/The north point 20 deg. 17' 204 deg. 2'
Owhyhee | South point 18 55 204 15
| East point 19 35 205 6
\Karakakooa Bay 19 28 204 0
/East point 20 50 204 4
Mowee < South point 20 34 203 48
\West point 20 54 203 24
Morokinnee 20 39 203 33
Tahoorowa 20 38 203 27
Kanai. South point 20 46 203 8
Morotoi. West point 21 10 202 46
Woahoo. Anchoring-place. 21 43 202 9
Atooi. Wymoa Bay 21 57 200 20
Oneeheow. Anchoring-place. 21 50 199 45
Oreehoua 22 2 199 52
Tahoora 21 43 199 56

[1] The general account of the Sandwich Islands given by Captain King, has
been substantially confirmed by subsequent voyagers. Some additional
particulars, not by any means very important, have resulted from their
enquiries, from which, of course, it had been easy to have enlarged
the present and two following sections, by supplementary notes. But no
good end would be answered by such a practice in the present case, as
the description in the text is abundantly complete for every important
purpose, and as it is probable, that, in the course of this work,
there will occur opportunities of communicating whatever is valuable
in the narratives of more recent voyagers.--E.

[2] It is to be observed, that, among the windward islands, the _k_ is
used instead of the _t_, as _Morokoi_ instead of
_Morotoi_, &c.

[3] _Modoo_ signifies island; _papapa_, flat. This i