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extensive group of "low coral lelands and

g between latitude 15 deg. 46 min, and

5 min. N., long III deg. 13 min, and 112 deg.

47 min. E. They consist of two principal groups, the

Amphitrite and Crescent, and several reefs and islands."

From the standpoint of navigation between the

north and south the North Reef forms the north-western

da yer of the Paracels, while approximately 60 miles

awa

and to the south-west lies Triton Island, "a sand

"cay, 3 feet high and a little more than a mile in

"length; it stands on a coral reef which extends about

*1 miles northward and north-eastward, and to about

*half a mile in other directions. The reef has not

"more than 6 feet over it, and is steep-to".

"Lincoln Island, the eastern of the Paracel Is-

*lands, 1s 1 miles in length, a little more than half

"a mile wide, and about 15 feet high, the north-east

"side being cliffy. It is covered with fairly high

"trees and brushwood, and surrounded by a coral reef,

"dry at low water, which extends from one to 3 cables.

"One of the cocoanut trees is said to form a good land-

"mark, "

"Bombay reef forms the south-east corner of the

*Paracels