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fituated within the tropicks, or in the temperate 

 Tropical Iflands may be again divided into high and low. 



The high Tropical Iflands are either furrounded by reefs, and have 

 flats near the fea-fhore, or they are without reefs. Of the iirft 



kind 



O-Tahe 



with all the Society Ifles and Maatea 



-higher Friendly Ifles Tongatabu, Eaoowe,, Namocka, Turtle Ifland 

 and new Caledonia. 



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Amongfl the highefl: Tropical Ifles without a reef, we reckon the 

 Marquefas and all the new Hebrides, together with Savage Ifland ; 

 and Tofooa and Oghao among the Friendly Ifles. 



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The Low Ifles of which we have any knowledge, are Chaln- 



Ifland and fou 



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o tner 



ifles 



De Bouga 



which were perhaps fecn by Mr. 

 alfo Tethuroa, Teoukea with four more called 

 Pallifer's Ifles, Tupai, Mopeeha or Howe's Ifles ; Palmerflione's Ifles, 

 w^ith the Immer, one of the new Hebrides, and the Archipelago of 

 the Low Friendly Iflands, 



Thefe ifles are fo different from each other in their nature, that 



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we cannot help at firfl; flght obferving the fliriking and material 



diiference. The Low Ifles 



commonly narrow, low ledg 



of 



coral rocks, i^icluding in the middle a kind of lagoon and having 

 here and there little fandy fpots fomewhat elevated above high-wa- 



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