272 LA PEROUSE IN ERROR. 
of Nature ; viewed laterally from a short distance, 
they present the form of a cock’s-comb, on which 
account I gave the island this name, to distin- 
guish it from the rest. On its western side a 
high conical rock is covered from top to bottom 
with a variety of plants, evincing the prolific 
powers of Nature in these regions, where vege- 
tation is thus luxuriantly fastened on the most 
unfavourable soils. 
North-west of this rock lies a third small 
island, exceeding both the others in elevation : 
its sides fall precipitously to the sea, and the 
upper surface describes a horizontal line thickly 
clothed with beautiful trees. As its circum- 
ference is only three miles and a half, it can 
hardly be the same that La Perouse has called 
Calinasseh. Probably he did not observe this 
island at all, but took the high round moun- 
tain on the low north-east point of Pola for 
a separate island, to which he gave the name 
of Calinasseh. The promontory of Pola de- 
ceived us also at a little distance, but a closer 
examination convinced us of our error, and 
I transferred the name of Calinasseh to the 
above-mentioned small island. 
