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fomewhat brackifh fi 



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ty of the fea. Befides thefe springs. 



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ponds of frefli water, there is in Namocka a large lagoon of fait water 



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about three miles long, full of fmall ifles, beautifully ornamented 

 with clufters of trees, crowded with wild ducks, and furrounded by 

 bufhes of mangroves and hills forming a romantic landfcape. 



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In HuAHEiNE, one of the Society Ifles, there are on its North 



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point likewife two large fait water lagoons, with a very muddy 

 bottom; as they are ihallow, confiderably within the land, fur 

 rounded by thick buflies and large trees, and therefore very little 



agitated by winds, they flink mofl iminoderately, and muft I fup- 

 pofe, fpread noxious effluvia; and I mufl confefs, I faw only a 

 few habitations on its South iide near the hills, and thofe were not 



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quite contiguous to the lagoons. 



In Norfolk Island we found a fmall fprlng, and I believe if we 



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had fearched the whole ille over, we fliould have found more. 

 . Easter Island has no other water, but what is found in 



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fome refervoirs in forms of wells or ponds, colled:ed I fuppofe from 



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It is ftagnant, bad and fomewhat brackiflh. 



The Marquesas have abundance of the fin eil fp rings, form- 

 ing many beautiful ilreams and cafcades: for their cloud capt 

 hills, are conftantly moiilened from, the vapour of the clouds, and 

 therefore yield plentiful fupplies for the 



fprings in thi 



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