This group is composed principally of nine large islands, that form a band of 120 leagues N.N.S.to S.S.W., between 15 deg.

and 2 deg.

S.lat., and 164 deg.

and 168 deg.long.

We passed tolerably near to the Island of Aurou, that at noon looked like a mass of green woods, surmounted by a peak of great height.
That day being Christmas Day, Ned Land seemed to regret sorely the non-celebration of "Christmas," the family fete of which Protestants are so fond.