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on whieh a heavy surf htdket was distinctly 



s<^en. This island, low at one ])nrt, is higli and 

 iHoiintiiiiioiis at jiiiot}i("r. It \v;is late in the 

 al'tcruoon before we had a clear view of its lofty 



WOilcjid, having a pi^ui^sque ^osd "f^ca^ldi^ 

 pe^Lfance. During the morning, which was 

 showery, we slowly coasted along the island, at 

 about four or five miles distant. As the weather 

 isfeated up about ik^iOJj, tife fll^eiiery gi-atifiei tlii^ 



fthowi^j recalled to ray memory those gems 

 of the ocean distiibuted over tUe Polyneisian Ar- 

 chipelago. 



As w e proceeded along the Jam coast,, liaviiig 

 llie lo% Otokatoa FesLlt> and i<s&m$ of the ad- 

 jacent islands in view, light ^End variable winds 



and ealnis, Avith adverse currents, rendered our 

 paHisage slow^ and tedious, and often oMiged us 

 to anchor. We were, on these oceasions, visited 

 bj ean«i^ ym& fewtsj ^j^^, twtth^ kt. 'The 

 Ofti^eiiff thit idand is at some parts low^ i^ded, 



and uninteresting; whilst at otliers, lofty ninim- 

 tains rise one above the otluT, until the towering 

 Mount Karang " terniinates the view. The 

 Varfed tint? rf the vegetation, covering tlie 

 m<mnlstm& ftotn the mai^ of the U the 

 hfdcBt $nmmit& the eye eonld attain, ]iad a 



