THE SOCIETY ISLANDS 



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gunboats form the local force, aud Tahiti is also the 

 centre of the French Pacific squadron. The garrison is 

 composed of a small force of infantry and artillery. 



PEAK OF MOOREA, SOCIETY ISLANDS. 



There is an arsenal, slip, barracks, cathedral, market, 

 hospital, and other adjuncts of civilisation, as well as a 

 botanic, or rather experimental, garden. A good carriage 

 road leads all round the twin islands, only interrupted in 



