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Chusan Archipelago.

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to the eastward of Sheppey, is 2.3 miles. The group of islands con. tinues to the eastward of Changtoo, and a little to the southward of the same parallel for 25 miles.

Eastern Group. The easternmost island of this group is in. lati- tude 30° 7′ 45′′ N., and longitude 122° 46′ BO′′ E. From the an- chorage under Sheppey it bears. E. 5° 8., 27 miles, and from the summit of Pooto E. 20° N., 21 miles. From the outer islet east of Chookeä tseën N. 29° E., 184 miles. It is five miles in circum fer-. ence, and about 500 feet high. There is a small village on its north- ́ western side. The shores are precipitous cliffs. The intervening islands between this and Changtoo were not examined, their outline therefore has only been inserted in the chart. Two small islets lie N. 74° E. about two miles from the eastern island.

Coast-line of Chusan. The coast-line of Chusan, after passing between it and Sheppey, trends to the northeast. At the distance of three miles there is a small island with a narrow passage between it and the shore, and a deep bay to the westward, in which the mud dries out a considerable distance, rendering it difficult to land, except at the extreme points.

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Three miles and a half further to the southeast there is a larger island with a remarkable fall in the hills near its centre; a small islet lies half a mile west from its extreme.

To the eastward are three islands at the distance of, a half, one and a half, and three and a quarter,. miles. The nearest is the largest of the three, and has a patch of rocks 2 cables from it to the north- east, Northeast also from the centre of the three, is another reef 4 cables from the island. The outer island is a narrow cliff with a rock off its northeast end.. ¡

To the northward and northeast of Pooto are three islets, and three rocks, which are steep to, except to the westward of the southern and largest of the three, where there is a reef. To the northeast of these islands, and 3 miles from the summit of Pooto, is a small co. nical islet E. 8° S.; 2 miles from it is a group of 4 sharp pinnacled mocks, with several reefs among them. The reef already described (when treating of the island of Chookeä tseën) lies S. 42o E., 64 miles from these rocks, and is the last danger in the passage. The northeast extreme of Chusan is high, rising probably. 1400 feet, the hills approaching near the coast-line. A flat peninsula, with 2 build- ings composed of slabs of stone; forms the extremity of the island.

Ships bound to the north side of Chusan, ought to make the land in about latitude 30°, when the easternmost island of the northern

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