The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-21

graphic office state. vass.t. -.
Mo s,,, ~ ls impossible to make The dcG
M, o,,,,, ',ttt mat there is any snof a.
uN'T ~ some vessel at som, - 80 passed
l"u chances are vastly agai,s. i''' pul
- ''- N'ss'l or steamer having o,,,,id
WlEhteSt Of oceans ~'i9 oI the
Nt3lu tHere are undoubtedly d. .,.,.t
ist ont, o., '' ,a'lttu on The maps which ex
ytion on paper. The sailing vasSoHs
H,"uhed by small crews 80 MtIe
lltm most imperfect rtr,,,,',lNN
stl,. ~ Hldny occasions they did -
M t,'' tnty came in the vicinity 90
a.'' uut SIMPLY recorded i'm "a No. Va
Tess careless fashion thu tat ,t NO. OF
N,SS'l had sighted an island az siirL 'Lg
h ~ AT the latitude and louritn1" ~
ing. ''''-th' No. was sail
'p'ain Davenport. Of thu hyd~,,,,..,.ti g..
gll,'' states that mirages which 49, -,
.,"Ii' 'lihe 10 time In these seas nav! 90
IN been recorded as actual ia ~ ~, or
',ldl many of the Pacific isIa-is - >
tb@ harm m,. WI turn out to be nothing more
gators. II Is the custom 90 h,.i,, 49,, ma j.
'lS U" ,hart any land FOR who's. .%tg,-
..'' "a Ialr amount OF tyif.nc. i'd. 49,.
'lsu'I ANA % then llv-sffrat. ~. .,.,
'NISl,l'e at leisure. % ''
I'm the case OF NTg-r.u I'll,
iul l,''I me That there f. no record 81 ,,s
'l',' 'th'r than that first rn-aa I,,
~ ,ottI'r. captain MCrroll stated in
We account OF his voyage that ~, g."
s,-ht,d the island iu - degrees ~ -,i,.
No. @ idulHp" AMI 10 degree Il min
49,, ,dSl longitude. Tn, WhsI,r.s ,.u-
s,' N'S'IIu's the island as being abnt,+
i'u. miles I'M circumference, de- - ~
,vW as To Dee nearly level with tFa W..
~ ''uHlhE around it We're reefs fr-. rh1r-.
49, III ,t Ull.S go a." west ana thirty miles
Il W. spuiu'rly direction tvDfns- -.,u,.
small island was Reported ms t..... ~.
o. the greater one. -'-'
iH, island was apparently .f volcanic.
,i ,~'H' according 90 taut.tr tT.....rt
W men ne saw 10 Be- was coy.r..I -,-i,., .
FOWL and th" sHur. was 1foaI r.fr 90
,i' pn'ujs. The tim. Was IrIy. r,a- ma
az th" season green t.....I. So.
round IN Abundance.
~ H" one has ever reported -E. .-.H
'l lh' location mentioned. rarfa., nv
IMPORT Us OF Oh" opinion that either h has
sun nru,ath The waters o. tl. ocean
'Il completely disappeared .r chat y.r
."iu Norrcll mistooE his latitude ana
was actually some hundred or -typ t.lr--
I',g miles 20 The northeast. II. might
wei nave mistaken som. ONE ,f Tin. NTiF-
WY lNlands or Bryce or Pearl Island for
lh' one ne describes and have. r-fs.3I,..t-
ial'd MS location 10y a distance az -. vel
INJURED miles. There ere many recorded
instances OF mariners ~ This Period ..,.-
iuL mad" even greater mistakes
NJ any rate, Captain 'obt. command
ihE one OF the Pacific mail lf...r1a-e
states that ne has passed over o.. Iocs-
tiph or Morr'lls island on several Crra-
slouS. Lieutenant james ". Miller. 90
the United states flagship Omaha. report-
81 some time since that Captain Cavarlv
OF me city OF Peking, had caused spe-
cial lookout TO be made when ~. PASSED
over this point on his way from tn.
sandwich Islands TO China, but no trace.
OF the island or discoloratio1 CO tha water
WIS anywhere observable
Inc late report OF a vessel sent cUt g.
pccially TO look for this island bv some
.W 'ne merchants or Honolulu contains
exist. With this as basis the hydro
gIuphic office will issue al charts hence
lnrth leaving only blue water Cor tho
SPOT where Morrell Island b. now ingi-
cni'd, and Uncle Sam must strike or. or
the long list Of insular possession ..Ff.T
ar mas acquired Of recent years