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Page 163
... harbour , and made a plan of it on which its outline and extent and the quality of the bottom are shown . We passed the whole night standing off and on , with the wind at N.E. , gusty , in order to keep in position for making the harbour ...
... harbour , and made a plan of it on which its outline and extent and the quality of the bottom are shown . We passed the whole night standing off and on , with the wind at N.E. , gusty , in order to keep in position for making the harbour ...
Page 164
... harbour of Santa Cruz de Ohatutira , seeing that we had already effected our principal duty at Orayatea . Our resolution was approved by the Comandante , and we accordingly shaped a course for that harbour , with the storeship in ...
... harbour of Santa Cruz de Ohatutira , seeing that we had already effected our principal duty at Orayatea . Our resolution was approved by the Comandante , and we accordingly shaped a course for that harbour , with the storeship in ...
Page 198
... harbour some thirty or forty days the Frigate in question put to sea , a matter of two months or so before our arrival at Santa Cruz harbour , and made sail away in a southerly direction , from which it may be inferred that she returned ...
... harbour some thirty or forty days the Frigate in question put to sea , a matter of two months or so before our arrival at Santa Cruz harbour , and made sail away in a southerly direction , from which it may be inferred that she returned ...
Contents
List of PLATES and CHARTS | xii |
LETTER from DR COMMERSON of the Boudeuse | xvi |
2128 | xviii |
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