The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 14

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Excerpt from The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 14: From Their Commencement, in 1665, to the Year 1800, Abridged, With Notes and Biographic Illustrations, From 1776 to 1780Falkland's Islands, or, as the Spaniards and French call them, the Maloine Islands, are situated between the latitude of 52° 26' and 51° 6' s. and longitude from London 56° to 60° 30' w. They are very numerous, forming a mass of broken high lands, or very low sedgy keys and sunken rocks. The largest is the easternmost island, and on the eastern side the Spaniards had a settlement, which the crown of Spain purchased of M. Bougainville, who, on his private account, had formed a settlement in the year 1764, at the time that Commodore Byron had first discovered Port Egmont. The next large island is of a very considerable extent, and has many excellent harbours on it. Between these two runs Falklands Sound, which is navigable through, but the south entrance is pretty full of low sandy keys. Adjoinin to the 2d large island, to the westward, lies Saunders's Island, on which the English settlement was made, a blockhouse erected, several spots inclosed for gardens, and 3 storehouses, with 5 dwelling-houses or huts, built at different times by the ships crews who were stationed there. The harbour of Port Egmont was formed by these islands, and another high, barren, rocky island, named Kepple's Island, and some other lesser islands to the N. E. and eastward, and was entirely land-locked, or inclosed by the land, on every point, it was very spacious, the bottom was muddy and good holding ground. From the hills through the bogs drained several runs of water, and as the landing places were good, and a natural small cove for boats to lie in safety on the north side of Saunders' Island sheltered from the S. W. winds, it induced Captain Macbride to begin the settlement on it.The larger islands are overspread with a short, tufty, round grass, a shrub with a smell like rosemary, a shrub of the myrtle kind, which in March and April blossoms, a white flower, of a faint violet smell, a small annual plant, of the wormwood kind.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.