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diftant from it, and to which I have given the 

 name of Citi.zen Beaupre, the geographical en- 

 gineer of our expedition. It lies in the latitude 

 of 20 14' fouth, and longitude 163 47' eaft. 

 It is very low, and is about three kilometers in 

 length. We then difco vered Ibme rocks to the 

 fouth fouth-eaft, and foon after we diftinguifhed 

 others towards the fouth. 



It is remarkable that the currents carried us 

 to the northward at the rate of about twenty- 

 four miles a day when we were near the Tierra 

 del Efpiriiu SantOy and made the run Vvhich fepa- 

 ratcs this Archipelago from New Caledonia. 

 This doubtlefs depends on the fituation of thefe 

 lands, which, changing the diredion of the 

 currents determined by the general winds, in- 

 creafes their force. 



About one o'clock in the afternoon we dif- 

 co vercd to the fouth- weft tlie high mountains 

 of New Caledonia, and at half paft four we 

 were two kilometers from the reefs ^vhich ll^irt 

 that ifiand. Here the foot of \i& mountains is 

 wafhed by the fca, aiid they are Hill llccper 

 than on their wcfi: \\C\q which we coalled a year 

 before. 



We faw a fine cafcadc, the waters of which, 

 after having difippearcd fcveral times in deep 

 gullies, came and difcharged themfelves into 

 the fea; and we admired the piclurcfque effects 



of 



