The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-02-17
R<..-s q she New Zealand Fleet.

The ship HiBerria p. Edwards, Of New Bedford, reports:-
WOW 80, bk Augusta, fzhor, Sag Hzrha, nothing Dee 3, Blk
Jir-h s~sn, Earl, NIB rshk whale and Isperm Dec 4, ship
AnoIda- s.vent- y =. right whale; Dec 4, sh Contest, Ludlow,
N n. . sxhs vhases (; Dec Z, Sarah shezr Topper, n b, I right
whale |; Dee n ship Polar Scar, We ks. n b. 2nsht whales and
leo bbs sperm !; Dee Is ship speedxe1, Gibbs, y 3, 1 right
whale and I sp<zm Dee -, blk Electra, Brown, L 2 right
whales bound b Falkland Islands JAN 2 bk Shepherdess,
watroun, Mystic, 2 right vhaies-aa told, 400 bbis Jan. 4,
ship .Carzv.., Br.sx. y q. nothing this season; had been at
Tahiti and hive cut 10 Stop leak expects to be at the Islands
about the middle of March
Heard frou the following ships. vz.-Bk Favorte, Smith, 3
whales ; bs Gip~y, Manner, I whale ship n y Mason, Smith,
nothing since having the Islands ship George Rowland, Pone-
roy. 8 whales ship Tahizs, smith, : whales ship Gay Head.
Lowen, 5 uhz5<s; ship RiDriia, Fish. 4 whales : ship Rainbow,
Haisey, . vhals ship Abraham Barker, ssocum, i whale
ne ara -hase ve sav xas on the 18th November since
then have hal very bad weather and whales scarce Most Of the
whales taken we're got the nss part Of November
October GIN. In iat- 42s NJ long 17i9 Y, lost from the main
sopsAa yard, In . typhoon, Robert Bimir, boatsteerer. As he
Zen he struck the main chains, AMI then sunk Il must have
kHued him instantly, - Il vas the last We saw Of poor Birnir-
His age vas - years an v.s born ~ co<ymans, New York
sixteen days from Melis Island For the hst seven days the
soush-ass trades we're favorable, With squalls and much rain
M uo<sk>,s trude we're vel to the northwsrd, light AID BAT
fling -"
n me z. q Schr. Fernimore Cooper returned TO this port
ON saturday veek, from . cruise Of about $50 miles to the north
ward and westward The object q the cruise was to ascertain
the exact position Of the many islands and shoals lying in that
direction A longer time would have been devoted tothis object
had t pk been necessary 70 leave shortly for the coasts Of China
and japan, in order 10 reach those places before the breaking up
oeshe n. II pasosu- Careful surveys were made Of Bird Island,
Neeker Island. French Yrsase shosL Gardners Island, Marc
Reef and Lay,an's Island The results Of these surveys are not
yx fully determined Before having this port, her ehronometers
were accuracy rssed, and are now being rated again, 20 that
the cslcuiadons may be - near correct - possible When this
q sccompIxhed, the enact difference Of longitude between each
Of the above pz.ees and Honolulu viii be arrived at, but to cor
rect them for he neridzan d 0reenvich, the Longitude Of this
place must nns be deA.iseiy established This vii, Of course,
be done besre he schooner leaves the Islands Besides visiting
the plsors nansd, he ysnsiNore Cooper sailed over the posi-
ssous Of N hk.nd - Ne westward of the French Rng.se shoai'
the fws Drssnsu and Neva Island Pollard and 0ardner's
Islands are doubt,sss one and the same: 90 probably are Lsian-
sky's and Ps's Isl.nds In The neghborhood Of the positions
ofyen sna Lhiansky's Ekasds found numsuus RES and shoals
Having equally veaehe, Win uncertain winds and cunenss the
schooner Hsod 70 te nosthvasd for the westerly Winds JAM
n In ~ 80 y, Ing No. W. encountered . heavy gale
fun n. b. I, vhiA eonanued nine daya Was six days
Ivsn~ 10 uses frusn ssly. Naso Red , veg dassaoea. loo,
Al Covered ~ buakesL On yNueh Hrg.se 0nal 61nd an
srsmavs Sspsas q Cnnos tsk fnnal posenon a he Island
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