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From the island of St. Paul to the Coast of New Holland, the winds were commonly between the N.W. and S.W. and our track was confined to the pa-


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    Malham's Naval Gazette of 1801 places St. Paul's in latitude 37° 56', longitude 77° 22', and makes Amsterdam in 36° 40'; 75° 15'. To make this agree with the other calculations, there must be an error of the press of two degrees in the latter latitude, which would then be 38° 40'; that is, 44' difference.

    Mr. Bowdich, who is in general the most correct in the latitudes and longitudes of places, takes the mean of Capt. Bligh's and Sir Geo. Staunton's observations, and makes the islands in the same longitude, viz. 77° 11', and St. Paul's in latitude 37° 52', and Amsterdam in 38° 42', 50' difference.

    Mr. Mafkelyne, in his requisite tables, says, fit. Paul's (meaning, I suppose, the Amsterdam of the others,) is in, latitude 38° 44', longitude 77° 18'.

    Hamilton Moor makes St. Paul's in latitude 37° 31', and longitude 77° 56', and Amsterdam in 38° 15', and 78° 00'. Upon the whole it appears, that the northernmost island is about the latitude of 37° 55', and the southernmost 38° 40'.