. Young folks library . On the Trail. TASMANS VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY (Extracted from His Journal.). Native Chief. N August 14, 1642,1 sailed fromBatavia with two vessels; theone called the Heemskirk, andthe other the Zee-Haan. On Sep-tember 5 I anchored at MaeciurIsland, in the latitude of 20° south,and in the longitude of 83° 48. Itis about fifteen leagues in circum-ference, and has a very fine harbor, at theentrance of which there is one hundredfathoms water. The country is moun-tainous; but the mountains are covered with greentrees. The tops of these mountains are so high thatthey are lost in
. Young folks library . On the Trail. TASMANS VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY (Extracted from His Journal.). Native Chief. N August 14, 1642,1 sailed fromBatavia with two vessels; theone called the Heemskirk, andthe other the Zee-Haan. On Sep-tember 5 I anchored at MaeciurIsland, in the latitude of 20° south,and in the longitude of 83° 48. Itis about fifteen leagues in circum-ference, and has a very fine harbor, at theentrance of which there is one hundredfathoms water. The country is moun-tainous; but the mountains are covered with greentrees. The tops of these mountains are so high thatthey are lost in the clouds, and are frequently coveredby thick exhalations or smoke that ascends from air of this island is extremely wholesome. It iswell furnished with flesh and fowl; and the sea on itscoasts abounds with all sorts of fish. The finest ebonyin the world grows here. It is a tall, straight tree ofa moderate thickness, covered with a green bark, verythick, under which the wood is as black as pitch, andas close as ivory. There are other trees on the island,which are of a bright red,
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