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is a large rock, or islet, about half a mile 
island. Fernandez de Afuera is generally 
asafuero by the English navigators, which 1s 
ing more than a corruption of the Spanish 
which expresses its being more 
remote than the other from the American continent. It 
is igh and mountainous, appearing at a distance 
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seen from Fernandez de Tierra. It is of a triangular 
form, and about eight leagues in circumference. Its 
cliffs on the south end are almost perpendicular from 
the sea; but on the ite side, h the land is 
likewise very elevated, is a fine low green point stretch- 
ing northward from the bottom of the cliff, and forming 
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the account of Lord Anson’s voyage, there is said to be 
no proper an except on the north side,.in deep 
water ; but Commodore Byron found good an 
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there is anchorage about a mile from the shore in twenty 
fathom, and about two miles and a half in forty fathom, 
with a fine black sand at the bottom; and mentions a 
remarkable rock with a hole in it, on. the south-west 
point, as a good mark for anchoring on that side. _Cap- 
tain Moss, however, affirms that in no part isthere good 
eee any ar in the places where an anchor may be 
let go, is foul ground ; and that nothing but 
distress can warrant anchoring on the coast of thisisland. 
All the navigaters who have visited it, concur in their 
ions of the extreme difficulty of landing, on ac- 
count of the high surf, which breaks upon large frag- 
ments of rocks all round the island, so a boat can- 
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pleasant aspect, shewing numerous vallies covered with 
trees, rich in verdure, and abounding in flowers of the 
lily and violet kinds, _Down every valley runs a co- 
pious stream of water, which expands in its descent 
among the rocks into several successive reservoirs ; but 
the seals go far up into these vallies, and the water has 
a bad taste, unless taken above the places which. the: 
frequent. These animals are so numerous on this islaid, 
that they literally cover the shores ; and Captain. Moss’s 
Sioa kinds of bch. clan yecticaleiy eal halen ae 
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fish, and cray fish, in such abundance that in two 
a single nek Ane Nanaia see ight take Te 
to serve a large ship’s company for two. days. 
are alkenchllent ia theieaieel, eee of them reinb 
from twenty to thirty There are goats 
in the which are not difficult to be » and 
which Byron compares to the best venison in 
Among the birds, were observ: od pertienlathe various 
kinds of hawks, some. very lar others as small asa 
ldfinch ; and the pintado birds were so numerous, 
in one night during a gale, Carteret’s people 
caught not less than seven hundred, which flew straight 
into the fire which they had kindled on shore. Among 
the angeables, the mountain cabbage was particularly 
noticed; and the trees consisted principally, of red 
cedar, and a hard yellow wood like box. See Byron’s 
Vo round the: World ; Carteret's Voyage round the 
World; Ulloa’s Voyage to South America, vol. ii. p. 219; 
and £xtracts from in Moss’s.MS. first published 
in the Atheneum, vol.i. p. 581. @) , Te 
FERNANDO pe Norona, is the name of an island 
ortugn ese. It produces every species of 
grain and fruits common in hot,climates; but, for the 
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