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LL the fprlngs of the Society liles, Marquefas, and New- rjvu- 

 Zeeland form rivulets; but none of them are fo confiderable lets* 



^ as to deferve a particular notice. In Duflcy Bay where all the in- 

 lets of the fea are very deep, we always found, that wherever the 



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bottoms of bays or creeks have a ilream of water coming down, 

 the water gradually {hoaled, fo that at a good diilance from the 

 bottom of the bay, the boats ran a ground; which I think con- 

 firms the opinion, that thefe flreams having by their impetuoflty 

 after a heavy rain or melting of fnow from the fides of the fteep 

 hills, carried a great many earthy particles down to the very mouth 



of the rivulet, they depofit them there gradually 



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pofe, neceffitated to this depofit by the refinance of the briny and 

 therefore "heavier fluid of the ocean, by the winds and tides meet- 

 ing the ftream, and other fuch caufes. 



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the feveral inlets and arms forming this fp 



ous bay, fometimes cafcades xufhing rapidly down, and falling from 

 vaft heights before they met with another rock. Some of thefe 



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.cafcades with their neighbouring fcenery, require the pencil and 



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