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FORM AND SURFACE. 
The Island is an irregular four-sided 
figure, computed to contain nearly 160 
square miles; the North side being the 
longest, and the South the shortest. Much 
of the North, and nearly the whole of the 
East and South sides, are in a state of 
cultivation. On the West, there is a com 
siderable Bay, but too much exposed, 
during the whole of the S« W, monsoon, 
to render it convenient for ships to lay 
there. Through the centre of the Island, 
from North to South, is a range of lofty 
hills, which decrease in magnitude as they 
approach the Southward, On the East 
side, the country is in general low, as it 
is on the North, but rises gradually as 
you advance into the interior. The ut¬ 
most extent of what may be considered 
level ground, from the sea to the mourn 
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