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Weilenimoil part of the South-Sea, lies a f mall iile, which has ob- 



tained 



tiie name 



correfponds -witn 

 far dillant from 



of Norfolk-Ifland : aLmoft its whole vegetation 

 that of New-Zeeland, whofe North end is not 



ly fome allowances mufh b 



made for the 



greater mildnefs of the climate, which gives every plant a greater 



Peculiar to this iile, and to the Eaftern end 



from the 



luxuriance of growtn. 



6f Caledonia, we found a fpecies of conife 



probably feeming to be a cyprefs : it grows here to a great fize, and 



!€ very heavy but ufeful timber. 



II. 



S 



T 



A 



T 



I 



O 



N 



S. 



A 



the South-fea is bounded on one fide by America, on 



the 



-other by Afia, the plants, which grow in its illes, partly refemble 



two continents : and the nearer they are either to the 



ofe of the 



one or 



the 



r 



ther, the more the vegetation partakes 



of 



Th 



die Eailernmofl ifles 



contain a greater number of American, than 

 of Indian plants ; and again, as we advance farther to the Weft, the 



refemblance with India becomes more ftrongly difcernible. 



There 



a^-e, however, lingular except 



to this general rule : thus, for 



r/7. both Eaft-In- 



inftance, we find the gardenia and morus papyrifera, 

 dian plants, only in the Eafterly groupes of the Friendly and So- 

 ciety Illes; the Tacca of Rumph, which is likewife an Indian 



j^Decies, is only found in the Society Illes. On the other hand, 



fome 



I 



