Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition : during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 . CHAPTER VIII. TYE AND 0. Upon the junction of the Peacock with the Vincennes in Mbua Bay,I had it in my power to examine and collate all the work that we hadthus far accomplished. After doing this, I found that so much yetremained to be done before a thorough survey of the Feejee Groupcould be completed, that I must either leave this important dutyunfinished, or devote more time to it than had originally been con-templated. I deemed this to be among the most important of theobjects
Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition : during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 . CHAPTER VIII. TYE AND 0. Upon the junction of the Peacock with the Vincennes in Mbua Bay,I had it in my power to examine and collate all the work that we hadthus far accomplished. After doing this, I found that so much yetremained to be done before a thorough survey of the Feejee Groupcould be completed, that I must either leave this important dutyunfinished, or devote more time to it than had originally been con-templated. I deemed this to be among the most important of theobjects of the Expedition; and considering that the seas around theseislands abound in dangers whose position had up to this time beenentirely unknown, I resolved not only to complete the surveys, butnot to leave the group until I had entirely satisfied myself of theaccuracy of the work. In furtherance of the last object, I set all who had been employedin the service to work in plotting and calculating their surveys, whilethe features of the region were yet fresh in their memories. Thisduty occupied seve
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