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wi'^t li;ilt'-\vr>it : I'lilu l*is!iiig\ west I>y south ; 

 Pulo Tiiiiaii, wijst lial [-north by compass. All 

 tJieS^ islaiiiils were difivated, and densely 



On the '20th ]ia^4fic(l J^cdro Blanco^ a 

 ret'f of mcks some Jif^taiic-f iibove tlic watt^v, 

 and situated in about the centre of the straits ; 

 a large iiumber of birds, apparently terns, were 

 about thm* I had mmh doubt in my mMd, 



whether rli(^ white nppenvimce (tf tlic upper SUT- 

 fnce of Tlir>e rocks w;is the rtfcct of the (hrnt>" of 

 birdsj but rather conjectured, in the absence of 



oGitlar proof, that \i^m& of a ealcarebiis mture. 

 Ohsiearviiig a group of iiot distant 



horn the settlement of Singa^ej, (Kshlfeiling 



the same white appearance on the suifnee 

 above water as the PtMb-o Blanco, 1 determined 

 to visit them Iejt lihe purpose of examining their 

 structure ; on evening of the d^ on which 

 I obser\ed it, I went OUt in a hoat with s<Hue 

 friends, but a very heavy swell prevented the 

 attainmeiit of iny object at tliis time. Thj& 

 Malays in the boat, when they heard wliat 

 I wished to ascertain, declared !t to be pro* 

 duced Isy the flM^mentioiied oause ; but on tlie 

 following morning 1 sneceeded in getting U|>on 

 it, when my previously formed opinion was con- 



