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INDEX TO THE PACIEIC ISLANDS. 



Canton, ]\Iarv Balcout or Swallow, in the Phoenix group, is a low, sandy island 1 1 m. 



long, 50-500 ft. wide and 10-18 ft. high. 2" 44' 35" S., 171" 42' w. 17. 

 Cap, islet between Gibba and Tnrtlebacked, off New Guinea. 9° 49' s., 142 42' K. 

 Cap, see Tabutha, Fiji. 14. 



Capeniur, islet of x-liluk, Marshall islands. 10° 17' 25" x., 169" 59' 20" E. 8. 

 Carapellas is south of Kayangle, Pelew islands, with Aravonzet and Korack on a 



reef 4.5 m. N-S., 5 ni. E-W'. 

 Carlshoff, see Aratika, Paumotu archipelago. 31. 



CAROLINE ISLANDS. 



Caroline Islands extend from the Pelew group to Ualan, and from 2 to 12° N., and 

 with the Marshall and Gilbert groups are comprised in that portion of the Pacific 

 usually called Micronesia. The name comes from that given by the vSpanish 

 Admiral Don Francisco Le/xano to a large island in the groirp not now identified. 

 Duperrey and Liitke made the group known geographically, and to Dr. Luther 

 Halsey Gulick, an American missionary, we are indebted for much infornuition on 

 both islands and inhabitants. The earliest account is by a Jesuit missionary, 

 Juan Antonio Cantova, who visited portions of the group in 1721 and was killed 

 at Mogmog ten 3'ears later. There are perhaps 877 .scpiare miles distributed over 

 nearly fifty groups, most of them atolls. The table will show the distribution 



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