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THK ROCK OF THE SAIL 



This rock is situated in the Wallis Archipelago, a group of small islands under French 

 control, lying to the northeast of the Fiji Islands. The rock from a distance has the appear- 

 ance 'of a sail of a bark that is running before the wind, and the small tree growing at the 

 top completes the illusion of a mast, the smaller branches being invisible a little way off. 

 Owing to its curious shape, the rock is a source of danger to mariners and is marked on all 

 maps and fully described in nautical handbooks. 



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