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Page 78
... trees . The island is almost everywhere surrounded by reefs of rocks which , when the tide is low , expose a strip of level strand on which the ocean waves break . In some parts this girdle of reefs lies three miles off shore , in ...
... trees . The island is almost everywhere surrounded by reefs of rocks which , when the tide is low , expose a strip of level strand on which the ocean waves break . In some parts this girdle of reefs lies three miles off shore , in ...
Page 110
... trees . There are no coconut trees on this atoll " [ Bibl . no . 1 bis ] . " 6 2 This island was Hikueru , in lat . 17 ° 35 ′ S. , long . 142 ° 41 ′ W. , erroneously stated in the Admiralty Sailing Directions [ loc . cit . p . 130 ] to ...
... trees . There are no coconut trees on this atoll " [ Bibl . no . 1 bis ] . " 6 2 This island was Hikueru , in lat . 17 ° 35 ′ S. , long . 142 ° 41 ′ W. , erroneously stated in the Admiralty Sailing Directions [ loc . cit . p . 130 ] to ...
Page 113
... trees , " that they " entered the thick wood , some of our people cutting away . the branches with their swords until they came near the other bay of still water [ the lagoon ] , which is on the other side of the island " [ i.e. of the ...
... trees , " that they " entered the thick wood , some of our people cutting away . the branches with their swords until they came near the other bay of still water [ the lagoon ] , which is on the other side of the island " [ i.e. of the ...
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List of PLATES and CHARTS | xii |
LETTER from DR COMMERSON of the Boudeuse | xvi |
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