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tempt to land on a fmall ifland, which was 

 not a league in circumference ; and he ac- 

 cordingly accoTTipl*!(hed his purpofe, but 

 with the utmoft diiHculty. 



Thefe iflands, which are twelve in num- 

 ber, are conne^ied by a reef of rocks, which, 

 at low water, afford a palTage from the one 

 to the other. 



M. Riviere adds, that they form a hay 

 which may be about fix miles in circum- 

 ference. The pafiage which affords an 

 entrance to it is on the eaftern fide : he 

 founded it, and found it to be thirty fathoms 

 deep. This bay, which is of a circular 

 form, has in its middle a fand-bank nearly 

 fquare, and almofl a quarter of a league in 

 circumference. It abounds with fhelUfiih, 

 and filh of various other kinds, 



Thefe illes are flat and covered with cocoa 

 trees. The crew of the canoe lived here for 

 three months on birds, fifli, fliell-fifli, and 



cocoas J 



