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fusely decorated with the red, feathery, leafy shoots 

 of an Amaranthus, which they wore fastened in 

 bunches about the ankles, waist, elbows, and in the 

 hair. In other respects, I saw nothing among' them 

 different from what has already been described at 

 Coral Haven. 



From this anchor ag-e we enjoyed an extensive 

 view of the south-eastern portion of the Louisiade 

 Archipelago. On the extreme right is the large 

 South-east Island, with its sharply undulating out- 

 line, and Mount Rattlesnake clearly visible, although 

 distant 45 miles. Next, after a gap partially filled 

 up by Pig Island, Joannet Island succeeds, 10|- 

 miles in length, not so high as South-east Island 

 but resembling it in dimness of outline, — its hig'hest 

 point. Mount Asp, is 1104 feet in height. Next 

 come the Calvados, of various aspect and size, some 

 with the undulating outline of the larger islands, 

 others rising more or less abruptly to the height of 

 from four to upwards of nine hundred feet. They 

 constitute a numerous group, — upwards of 40 — some 

 of which, however, are mere rocks, are delineated 

 upon the Eattlesnake's chart, and there are others 

 to the northward. Behind them, in two of the 

 intervals, the large and distant island of St. Aignan 

 (so named after one of D'Entrecasteaux's lieutenants) 

 fills up the back ground, falling low at its eastern 

 extreme, but the western half high and mountainous, 

 with an elevation of 3279 feet. Further to the 

 westward the last of the Calvados in this view was 



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