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Excerpt from Catalogue of the Hadfield Collection of Shells From Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands
The Loyalty Islands, of which the three principal are Lifu, Mare', and Uvea, form part of the New Caledonian Archipelago, and are situate east of the main isle, with its capital Noumea, being placed long. 168� E. Lat. 22� S. They are not, therefore, very far within the tropic of Capricorn. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.
