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Foramen Ovale—Obſervations relating to Comparative Anatomy—Traces of Beaſts of Prey at the Cape of Van Diemen—Huts, which appear to have been lately inhabited—Viviparous Flies, the Larva of which produce ſpeedy Putrefaction in Fleſh-meat—Citizen Riche finds ſome burnt human Bones—Our Maſter Sail-maker loſes himſelf in the Woods—Both Veſſels run aground in the Mud—Utenſils of the Savages—Place of the Obſervatory—Variation of the Magnetic Needle—Time of High-water in the Harbour—Departure from Port Dentrecaſteaux—Paſſage through the Straits of Dentrecaſteaux—Fires—Savages ſeen on the Shore—One of them kindles the Fire in different Places—We caſt Anchor in a large Bay at the Entrance of the Straits of Dentrecaſteaux—Excurſion into the Country—Savages found dreſſing their Food at the Fire—The Straits which we had diſcovered receive the Name of the Straits of Dentrecaſteaux—Anchoring Places in this Channel—Excurſions into the Countries ſituated along its Coaſts—Rencounters with the Savages—Departure from the Straits of Dentrecaſteaux page 167

 

CHAP. VI.

Importance of the Strait of Dentrecaſteaux—Run from Cape Diemen to New Caledonia—Coaſting the South Weſt of New Caledonia—Dangerous Situation of the Recherche near the Reefs on that Coaſt—Little Cluſter of Iſlands at the Northern Extremity of New Cale-

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