. The boy travellers in Australasia : adventures of two youths in a journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan and Feejee islands, and through the colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia. s; that which it most nearlyresembles is a retort. It is sur-rounded on all sides by inacces-sible mural precipices, from eighthundred to one thousand feet inheight. The lower part of theserocks is bare, but they are clothedabove with luxuriant impassable did the rocky bar-rier appear in all biit two places,that the harbor was likene
. The boy travellers in Australasia : adventures of two youths in a journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan and Feejee islands, and through the colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia. s; that which it most nearlyresembles is a retort. It is sur-rounded on all sides by inacces-sible mural precipices, from eighthundred to one thousand feet inheight. The lower part of theserocks is bare, but they are clothedabove with luxuriant impassable did the rocky bar-rier appear in all biit two places,that the harbor was likened tothe valley of Rasselas changedto a lake. The harbor is of easyaccess, and its entrance, which isabout a third of a mile in width,is marked by the Tower Rockand the Devils Point. He might have add-ed, said Frank, thatthere is a coral reef oneach side of the entrance,with the surf breakingheavily over it, or at anyrate it was doing so atthe time we entered. Pan-go-Pango is a splendid harbor, and could hold a great many ships. Itsprincipal disadvantage is that the prevailing trade-wind blows directlyinto it, so that while a sailing-ship can get in without much trouble shehas a hard time to get out unless she has a steam tow-boat to help CAPTAIN JAMES COOK.
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