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either side, perennial streams of fresh water pour down. These are clothed with luxuriant vegetation (forests of pine trees were found by Grey on the hills on the South side), among which the pandanas and fern are most notable; and the whole country is not less rich in animal than in vegetable life, both by land and water.

The tides on this coast rise from 25 to 35 feet.