The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-06-11

Newly DISCOVERED IsLANDs-The followi ing par
ticlars of newly discovered Islands in the Pa
cifc, are from the Sydney New South Wales) Spec
tator of Oct. 9th, communicated by Captain Courte
nay, ofthe English whae-ship Seringapatam
April 18th, lsil, saw a landbank S. w. by w
by compass; at first took it to be of the Loyalty
Islands 3 p. m saw another large island ahead, no
account of its position in the chart being 80 miles TO
the S, + of the Loyalty Islands not being able to
weather, worked TO wlndward unng the night but,
the wind battling in the morning, bore up In run
ming along to eeward saw another island much smaller
and six more rose in succession, running between
west and west north west and west south west with
the exception of the first seen, which bears west
by south twenty miles from the south west point Of
the south island hove close round to s. w. point
and passed between the large Island and the smale
west miles The sout hernmost island (the one
run along) was about f by N. and w by S, 24to 30
miles, and uniformly level and covered with low brush
wood, with here and there single and in some places
cump of trees which at first took to be similar to
the Norfolk pine, but nearer view found they
not, they appeared to be 80 or 60 feet high grow
ing mostly on the edge OF precplcts, dark green CO.
or with short sumpy branches, and aturf on the top
of the branches short that, unless favored with
near view Of them, they might readily be mistaken
for dead trees surrounded by cfeepers This island
as the Others appeared steep arising from the waters
edge with perpendicular cliffs of from 200 TO 800 feet
high, here and there small lodges half mile per-
haps IN length and pr lectng about lO0 feet IRON the
cliff these are mostly covered with cocoa nut trees
saw several natives the rocks and some canoes
passing from one island to another; they of a
different rig from any have in the Pacific,
carrying two large spirit sails thy quite black,
and all appeared to have their hair chinamed similar
to the New Ireland natives. The centre of the large
island is situate in lat dogs 35m s., long l6S dogs.
l6m. E., or 1870 miles w of the island of Erronan
the south end is about lat 81 dogs 40m lat. of 10y
atty Islands 30 dogs. 55m., long l67 dogs. 40m
set > r. n ens of t,alsdons bore W. s. w 40 miles
ana >. by Il. Description VI another island disco
yered August 2Sth, lS4I Fine weather with mode
rate bleezes standing tie south At half past
went aloft and saw very dangerous reef bearing
from S, S E. to s. E. by f., which the S. +. was
breaking very heavy, At first took it to be SCOTS
reef but at IL o'clock a. M, saw SCOTS reef from
the head bearing S S. W., the south end of the
other reef bearing f. by n. by compass distant about
A miles. Atnoon the lat was dogs. 46m. s., long
chron. l2l degs. SAN. E., north end Of SCOTS reef
s s f., distant seven miles, the south end Of the
other reef leagues n. E. This reef runs, to the
best of my judgment, from the view had of it,
about N by f. and S by w. and is about 4 miles in
length, the sea being continu d heavy break, and
bearing from the north point of SCOTS reef n f. by
six leagues; lat. at noon 10 dogs. 46m., long, l2
dogs. sam.