o 



R 



G 



A 



N 



I 



C 



B 



O 



D 



I 



E 



S. 



^^5 



fore, occupying the greateft 



the variety of fp 



alfo 



greater here, than in the more Eafterly iflands. 



VEGE- 

 TABLE 



KINGDOM 



NEW 



CALEDONIA. 



The arid foil of New Caledonia, totally diflindl from all other 



S 



the South Sea, produces neverthelefs 



iety of pi 



mo ft 



A 



of v\^hich form genera very diftind: from thofe before known . 

 reef of coral rocks furrounds the fhores here at a confiderable dif- 

 tance, in the fame manner as at the Society Ifles, and the only 

 cultivated parts of the country, are likewife fome narrow plains. 



them 



But it feems, that though the natives beflow great labour on 



yet they barely yield them a fcanty fubfiflance, which probably, is 



the caufe of their very inconfiderable number. 



From the unani- 





mous teflimony of feveral gentlemen, who made the voyage in the 

 Endeavour Bark, as well as this kit in the Refolution, we have the 

 greateft reafon to affert, that the produdions of this large ifland- 

 (the plains excepted) entirely refemble thofe of the coafls of New 

 Holland, which are not far diftant. 





NEW 



Z E E L A N D. 



\ 



J 



New Zeeland,. which lies in the temp 

 different afped from any of the 



pre fen ts a very 



tropical countries. 



Its 



orthern 



jlle though 



the 



has how 



very 



fi 



ve 



