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fusely decorated with the red^ feathery^ leafy shoots 

 of an AmaranthvSy which they wore fastened in 

 bunches about the ankles^ waist^ elbows^ and in th(3 

 hair. In other respects^ I saw nothing" among* them 

 different from what has ah-eady been described at 

 Coral Haven. 



From this anchorage we enjoyed an extensive 

 view of the south-eastern portion of the Louisiade 

 Archipelag'o. On the extreme rig'ht is the larg'e 

 South-east Island^ with its sharply undulating* out- 

 line^ and Mount Eattlesnake clearly visible^ althoug-h 

 distant 45 miles. Next^ after a g-ap partially filled 

 up by Pig' Island^ Joannet Island succeeds^ 10|- 

 miles in leng"th^ not so high as South-east Island 

 but resembling- it in dimness of outline^ — its highest 

 pointy Mount Asp^ is 1104 feet in height. Next 

 come the Calvados^ of various aspect and size^ some 

 with the undulating outline of the larger islands^ 

 others rising more or less abruptly to the height of 

 from four to upwards of nine hundred feet. They 

 constitute a numerous group^— upwards of 40^some 

 of which^ hoAvever^ are mere rocks^ are delineated 

 upon the Eattlesnake's chart^ and there are others 

 to the northward. Behind them^ in tA\'o of the 

 intervals^ the large and distant island of St. Aignan 

 (so named after one of D'Entrecasteaux's lieutenants) 

 fills up the back ground^ falling' low at its eastern 

 extreme^ but the western half high and mountainous, 

 with an elevation of 8279 feet. Furtlier to the 

 westward the last of the Calvados in this view aa as 



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