THE SOCIETY ISLANDS 
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gunboats form the local force, and Tahiti is also the 
centre of the French Pacific squadron. The garrison is 
composed of a small force of infantry and artillery. 
PEAK OF MOOREA, SOCIETY ISLANDS. 
There is an arsenal, slip, barracks, cathedral, market, 
hospital, and other adjuncts of civilisation, as well as a 
botanic, or rather experimental, garden. A good carriage 
road leads all round the twin islands, only interrupted in 
