It is a large atoll, thirty miles in length.

Cook only saw a portion of it.) The east end lies in the Latitude of 18 degrees 23 minutes South, and Longitude 141 degrees 12 minutes West from Greenwich.

Variation 5 degrees 38 minutes East.

This Island is Inhabited; we not only saw smook in Different Parts, but people also.

At Noon saw Land to the Westward.