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204 SURVEY OF THE.INTEItI?tOPlCAL lslg. and, s?erinE ? ?e no?w?, p? wi?in ? J? ?. ? .?mmost of ?e F?y Isl?ds, ? ?e ?d?vour did, ?d l?d? on ?e no? e?m-' mo? of ?e ?oup, where ?e h?tude w? fo?d m be 18 ? g 9". ?is isl?d,?e ?e ? is of ? ex?nt, ?d is s?m?d? by huge d?ch? m?d? bl?s of ?r?n?, over whi? it w? n? ?y ? p?s. It rises ? a ?ak? sum?t of a m?e? height, but ?e f?e of ?e M? is ? ?i&ly wve? ? ?derw? ?d ?b? phn? as w render it ped?y invisible. ? Island, a N?e to ?e norwaY, is l?ger ?d higher, ?d is rem?ble for its doubl? ? summit. No natives.were ?en in p?- i? ?ese isl?ds, but ?e smoke of ?eir ?s, ? usu?, lin? ?e c?t, which here ? ? ?- s?e a more improv? ?d favoumble ap?- ?: ?e shore ? divers? by pwj?ng w? h?s ?d in?ening s?dy ba?; ?, at ?e ?, ?e hills are ve? hi? ?d se?r? ? ? ?er by d?p v?eys, where ?e? m?t be ab?n? of w?r ?d probably ? wil. In the even? ?e ?hor was dr? W ?e ?tw? of ?e two ?u?emmo? islands of a ?P, w? w? n? ?er my friend ?wa? B?na?, E?. We were foHow? ? ?e ?m? ? a ? hump-b?k? w?e, a fish which ap- ?rs to ? nmerous on ? p? of ?is ?t