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Dillon, however, informs me this is not the case with the 
Baxos de Candelaria — Outong Java, according to the 
Spanish navigator, Maurelle, is thus characterized ; but this 
is the only one which I have ventured to colour blue. 
New Ireland. — The shores of the S.W. point of thi3 
island and some adjoining islets, are fringed by ree^s, as 
may be seen in the atlases of the Voyages of the Coquille 
and Astrolabe. M. Lesson observes that the reefs are open 
in front of each streamlet. The Duke of York's Island is 
also fringed ; but with regard to the other parts of New 
Ireland, New Hanover, and the small islands lying north- 
ward, I have been unable to obtain any information. I 
will only add that no part of New Ireland appears to be 
fronted by distant reefs. I have coloured red only the 
above specified portions. 
New Britain and the Northern Shore of New 
Guinea. — From the charts in the Voyage of the Astrolabe, 
and from the Hydrog. Memoir, it appears that these coasts 
are entirely without reefs, as are the Schouten Islands, 
lying close to the northern shore of New Guinea. The 
western and south-western parts of New Guinea will be 
treated of when we come to the islands of the East Indian 
Archipelago. 
Admiralty Group . 2 — From the accounts given by 
Bougainville, Maurelle, Dentrecasteaux, and the scattered 
1 [This is a perfect atoll. — Capt. Wharton.] 
2 [Narrative of Challenger Voyage, p. 699. Admiralty, or Bosco 
Islands. The main island rises to nearly 3,000 feet. The coast is low 
and indented with deep bays. There are many coral-reefs off the coast 
at varying distances, not forming a connected barier-reef. There is 
convenient anchorage within the reef, the soundings in the deeper part 
of the channel at Nares Harbour being from 25 to 34 fathoms, and very 
generally nearly or over 20 fathoms. Four other of the islands attain 
an elevation of from 600 to 800 feet ; the remainder are low and are 
situated on coral-reefs. The coast line of the main island is a plat- 
form of coral-sand rock, and the low outlying islands are the same, 
but the hills are presumed to be of volcanic rock.] 
