gree, and four to a
German mile. Whenever, in this Voyage, miles are mentioned, English
miles are to be understood.
[2] The longitude is always calculated from Greenwich, in this work.
[3] "Formidable is man in his misguided zeal."
[4] The measurement given is two Russian wersts, of which one hundred
and four and a half make a degree, or, as nearly as possible, one and a
half make an English mile. The exact circumference therefore of the
lake, as given, is one mile and one third.
[5] Upon the maps, Lione and Fanfoune; the termination in _h_ denotes,
in the Polynesian language, the accent upon the last syllable; as in the
Tahaitian name Pomareh.
[6] This group must not be confounded with _Otdia_ where we were at this
time.
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