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PI 23. Sand> Inlet, a filled-in portion of the lagoon, extends its fishhook-shaped mudflat 300 m northward into Nake's landmass. Here 

 grow the healthiest and most productive Cocos on Caroline. Note the bristle-thighed curlews in the foreground. 



PI. 24. South Island's pure ( '.>< OS plantation, looking west along the lagoon. This extensive grove has now obliterated all traces of the 

 former "settlement" (Plates 2-5). 



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