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this communication to RELY UPON MEMORY alone.” It is not here said, 
all the statements in a particular paragraph, or on a particular page, or 
; , ‘ALL, IN THIS COMMUNICATION.’ 
is, we may Judge of the credit due to other statements. As stated, 
it is a key to this and his former reply. After this exposure, his other 
charges can scarce require more than a simple denial. 
As to geological facts, the reader may refer to the article itself, and 
read some pages on the elevation of islands in the Pacific, their val- 
lies, &c 
observations. I had seen Mr. C.’s drawings, but had never given his 
- geological investigations on corals a thought. His journal to the Samoa 
Stoup contains almost nothing on this subject. Farther words are un- 
necessary. 
pt é 
to be covered with four and a half to six fathoms of water. 
The second foot-note to page 5, renders any remarks on the charge to 
which it refers, quite unnecessary. 
cific. Only siztecn months ha elapsed since our departure, when w 
left Samoa, where his “ duplicate minutes” ceasedt 
As to the mutilation of the journal :—while examining it, I prudently 
counted leaves and pages: from the Paumotus to Samoa nothing was 
Missing. The seals opened, were broken in the presence of witnesses 
Se yap eect a en SR a 
* See Mr. C.’s reply, p. 379, Vol. xtv, of this Journal. 
t See this Fourna, Vol. xxy, p. 380. 
