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AUSTRALASIA. 



and Athens in the northern hemisphere, the climate is so inclement, the west 

 winds blow at times with such fury, and the islands offer so few resources beyond 

 fish, that a residence on them is always regarded as a painful exile. 



Amsterdam, which is much the larger of the two, attains an altitude of 3,000 

 feet in its highest summit, which is nearly always wrapped in fogs. It has the 



Fig. 21.— St. Paul. 

 Scale 1 : 45.000. 



IViQ- 



0tol6 

 Feet. 



Depths. 



16 to 160 

 Feet. 



160 Feet and 

 upwards. 



2,200 Yards. 



form of a somewhat regular rectangle, whose longest axis is disposed in the 

 direction from south-east to north-west. On the west side have occurred extensive 

 landslips resulting in precipitous cliffs over 2,500 feet high, against which the 

 waves beat with great fury, so that it is seldom possible to land on this side. 

 The summit, which has rarely been ascended, presents a boggy surface dotted 



