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183 3 \ W | | 176 57 / E Pandora's Reef, | 12 11 S | 188 8 \ W | | 171 52 / E Mitre Island, | 11 49 S | 190 4 30 \ W | | 169 55 30 / E Cherry Island, | 11 37 30 S | 190 19 30 \ W | | 169 55 30 / E Pitt's Island, | 11 50 30 S | 193 14 15 \ W | | 166 45 45 / E Wells's Shoal, | 12 20 S | 202 2 \ W | | 157 58 / E Cape Rodney, \ Point of | 10 3 32 S | 212 14 5 \ W M. Clarence in shore, | | | 147 45 45 / E Cape Hood, / New Guinea | 9 58 6 S | 212 37 10 \ W | | 147 22 50 / E Murray's Isles, | 9 57 S | 216 43 \ W | | 143 17 / E Wreck Reef, | 11 22 S | 216 22 \ W | | 143 38 / E Batavia, | 6 10 S | 106 51 E Straits of Sunda, | 6 36 15 S | 105 17 30 E Cape of Good Hope, | 34 29 S | 18 23 E St. Helena, | 15 55 S | 5 49 W Ascension Island, | 7 56 S | 14 32 W FINIS. FOOTNOTES: [165-1] This seems to be the earliest description of Yaws (_Framboesia_) in these islands. Originating in Africa this contagious disease is believed to have been disseminated by the slave trade. The Dutch or Portuguese traders carried it from Madagascar and East Africa to Ceylon, where it still bears the name of _Parangi Lede_, or Foreigners' Evil. Though Hamilton did not observe it in the South Sea Islands the disease was probably there, for Mariner, who was in Tonga in 1810, described it as a well-established disease under the name of _Tona_. INDEX A. Aitutaki Island, visit to, 10, 40 _note_, 123; Bligh supposed to be the
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