the chief of the Danish islands, is situated at the entrance of the Baltic sea, bounded by the Schaggerreese on the north; by the Sound, which separates it from Schonen, on the east; by the Baltic sea on the south; and by the strait called the Great Belt, which separates it from the island of Funen, on the west; being of a round figure, near 200 miles in circumference: the chief town is Copenhagen.

is also a province of the United Netherlands, consisting of eight islands, which lie in the mouth of the river Scheldt, bounded by the province of Hol-

land, from which they are separated by a narrow channel, on the north; by Brabant on the east; by Flanders, from which they are separated by one of the branches of the Scheldt, on the south; and by the German ocean on the west.

New Zealand, a country of Asia, in the South Pacific ocean, first discovered by Tasman, the Dutch navigator, in the year 1642, who gave it the name of Staten Land, though it has been generally distinguished in our maps and charts by the name of New Zealand, and was supposed to be part of a southern continent: but it is now known, from the late discoveries of Captain Cook who sailed round it, to consist of two large islands, divided from each other by a strait four or five leagues broad. They are situated between the latitudes of 34 and 48 degrees south, and between the longitudes of 166 and 180 degrees east from Greenwich. One of these islands is for the most part mountainous, rather barren, and but thinly inhabited; but the other is much more fertile, and of a better appearance. In the opinion of Sir Joseph Banks and Dr Solander, every kind of European fruits, grain, and plants, would flourish here in the utmost luxuriance. From the vegetables found here, it is supposed that the winters are milder than those in England, and the summers not hotter, though more equally warm; so that it is imagined, that if this country were settled by people from Europe, they would, with moderate industry, be soon supplied, not only with the necessaries, but the luxuries of life, in great abundance. Here are forests of vast extent, filled with very large timber trees; and near 400 plants were found here that had not been described by the naturalists. The inhabitants of New Zealand are stout and robust, and equal in stature to the largest Europeans. Their colour in general is brown, but in few deeper than that of the Spaniard who has been exposed to the sun, and in many not so deep; and both sexes have good features. Their dress is very uncouth, and they mark their bodies in a manner similar to the inhabitants of Otaheite, and which is called tattooing. Their principal weapons are lances, darts, and a kind of battle-axes; and they have generally shewn themselves very hostile to the Europeans who have visited them.