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were of a calcareous nature, like the greater 

 part of the iflantls that arc found in thefe fcas. 



The other iflar.J is nearly round, covered 

 ^vith verc'vrc. and is lofty as the former: il: is 

 fleep vlmoii .rouglioi't ts vvhoJecircimfereMCC; 

 houeverj a ooat mi-^'ht 'md on it to the weft- 

 ward. Ic is in latitude 30" 18' 26''r! th, and 

 longitude 179 38' eaft. 



About fix o'clock in the evening, we dif- 

 covered at a very greit difiance to the north 

 north-weft, a new ]iinc. ; which determined us 

 to pafs the night lying to. 



The next morning, the iSth, as foon as the 

 day appeared, we faw it again to the northward, 

 ftill more than five myriameters diflant ; but 

 about five o'clock in the afternoon we were 

 clofe to it, and we had already feen all its cir- 

 cumference, which is about two myriameters 

 and a half. 



We gave the name of la Recherche to this 

 ifiand, which is in latitude 29" 20' 18" fiDuth, 

 and longitude 179 55' eaft. Its form is nearly 

 triangular. Towards the centre, its foil is ele- 

 vated about five hundred meters perpendicular 

 above the level of the fea. We faw on the coaft 

 a few fmall openino:s, where the earth had fal- 

 Icn down, and where we might have landed. 



We clearly diftinguifticd. in all the perpen- 

 dicular places, the difpofition of thin horizon- 

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