Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836, Vol. 2 [of 3]

Note 12 — Chapter XXVI

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Brighter by comparison; their colour was that of copper in its very reddest state—without any tinge of yellow.

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