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Leigh's Ifiand, which is much fmaller than 

 Cocoa-nut Iiland, aftbrds few different produc- 

 tions; its foil is of the lame nature, but is much 

 elevated. 



The lteep mountains of New Ireland, which 

 furround Carteret's Harbour, are at leaft three 

 times as high as thofe of Cocoa-nut Ifiand. I 

 alio law, on their very fummits, the marine pro- 

 ductions, of which they are partly compofed. 



On the 23d I landed on the part of New Ireland 

 that lay to the north north-welt of the anchorage, 

 near the fpot where our water had been procured. 

 The ftream which fumifhed it ihevveel itielf only 

 very near the fea. Farther inland were fecn the 

 traces of a torrent, and from time to time along 

 thofe traces, fome cavities filh-d with water, which, 

 filtering through the foods, ran and (welled the 

 little rivulet of the watering-place. After an 

 hour's walk along its hanks, we faw it form a 

 pretty cafcade, and precipitate itfelf from the top 

 of a calcareous ro( k in which we remarked valt 

 caverns that ferved as a retreat to large bats of 

 the fpecies called 'vefperUlio -campyrus. 



A few wild bread- fruit-trees were growing in 

 thefe places. 



I was aftonifticd that at a time when Carte- 

 ret's Harbour was inundated by continual rains, 

 we faw only the traces of the torrent, and no water 

 IH its bed ; but it feemed to rac that the tains did 

 1 not 



