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IT is difficult, owing to the mexactness of the charts, to inform you of the positions of the Astronomical Stations in whose neighbourhood I have been able to work in this island. The German station is in Betsy Cove, the American at Molloy Point, Royal Sound. The English stations also are in this Sound, the second being situated about three miles N. by W. of Swain's Haulover. The finst English station is between these last two on the main land, six or seven miles N.W. of Three Island Harbour, in what will be called Observatory Bay. Two days before the Transit of Venus a party under Lieut. Goodridge, R.N., was detached from the first English station to observe the transit from a position which he selected near the base of Thumb Peak. I have not yet been able to visit Betsy Cove.
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Natural History of Kerguelen's Island * . Nature 12, 35–37 (1875). https://doi.org/10.1038/012035a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/012035a0