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The great island^ is, perhaps, about a league-and-a-half in circuit, 

 with very little soil ; there are, nevertheless, some trees on it, 

 almost as fine as those on the main island. There is no water on 

 it in the dry season, nor is there upon the others. It is high in 

 the middle, and its two ends are flat. There is no lack of land- 

 tortoises there. 



The seven islets,- which are to the south of the main island, are 

 all small and flat, the largest having only a quai'ter-of-a-league in 

 circumference. Upon the largest there are some tortoises and 

 some small shrubs without water, and they are formed of sharp 

 pointed coral fragments. 



Mast Island {VUe au Mdt);-^ thus called because we found there 

 a top-mast, fifty feet long, which was of pine, and which had 

 never been fitted. This islet is at least a league in circumference, 

 with a little scrub upon it, as well as tortoises, but without water, 

 because it is quite flat, and is almost wholly composed of lime- 

 stone. It IS also full of {Fols and Foitquets) Noddies and 

 Shearwaters. 



Noddy and Shearwater Island {I'lle aux Fols et FouquetsY is 

 one league in circuit ; it is flat, and composed of limestone ; there 

 are some shrubs upon it. The Noddies and Shearw^aters are here 

 in great quantity, as also {Fquerets) Terns.^ It is covered with the 

 eggs of these birds. 



1 The grande fie is now known as Crab Island, which rises, in its 

 centre, 120 ft. west of Coral Point. All these islets are near the main 

 island to the S. W. 



2 The seven small islets include those named Pianqui I. and Misel I., 

 and various small uncovered rocks south of the former. The largest 

 would be Pianqui, 



3 L'lkau Mat, now marked on the chart as Gombrani Island, perhaps 

 meant at one time as Gouvernail I. This is the longest of all the islets, 

 and now has some huts on it ; at the southern end it rises about twenty 

 feet. 



* DUe mix Fols et Fouqnets, now known as Pierrot I., a broader islet 

 than Gombrani, of the same altitude, and with some fishermen's huts 

 thereon, with coco palms. Its modern name, Sparrow I., denotes that 

 small birds frequent it. 



° Equerets, probably Onjichnprion anasiliKtus, Edwards ; vide infra. 



