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more clearly, but the population there given is only approximate. In 1SS5 the 

 German gunboat I/fis took Yap, which Spain at once claimed and lier claim was 

 sustained by the Pope, adling as arbitrator. After the war with the United States, 

 and the loss of Guam and the Philippines, Spain sold the entire group to Germany 

 for :s^4,ooo,ooo. 



Caroline, or Thornton, a group of low coral islands on one reef 7 m. long, i m. wide. 

 Taken by England July 9, 1S68. 10" o' 01" s., 150' 14' 30" w. 



Carpenter, islet on the same reef with Browne and Tracey in Xares harbor, of 

 Admiralty island. 



Carr, a high island in the Hudson group, Fiji. North point in 17 35's., 177 oi'3o"e. 



Carry, crescent-shaped, uninhabited island in Fortescue strait, southeast coast of New 

 Guinea, i m. ne-SW., 300 ft. high. 10° 34' 45" s., 150'' 54' 45" E. 



Carteret, a group of six islets on a circular reef 10 m. diameter, all inhabited and 

 thickly wooded. Discovered by Captain Carteret in 1767. 4' 45' S., 155° 20' E. 



Carysfort, see Tureia, Paumotu archipelago. 



Case, a high island of the Hudson group, Fiji. 17 ' 37' 30" s., 177 03' 30" E. 



Casey, islet i m. north from Montravel, New Caledonia. 



Castori, a high, rocky group on the southeast point of New Guinea. 10 47' s., 

 150° 38' E. 9. 



Catherine, islet off Cape Ducie on the northeast coast of New Guinea. 



Catherine, see Ujae, IMarshall group. 



Catto, islet 2 m. off southwest end of Eua, Tongan group. Discovered b^- Tasman in 

 1643. 21' 29' s., 174° 50' 30" w. 



Cerisy, islet of Ruk, Caroline islands. 7' 11' 05" N., 151" 51' 36" E. 



Cette, another name for Eunauro on coast of New Guinea. 



Chabral, see Lifu of the Loyalty group. 



Chain, a low, wooded islet northeast of East cape, New Guinea. 



Chain, see Anaa, Paumotu archipelago. 



ChamisSO, islet of Ruk, Caroline islands, j" 16' 48" N., 151° 47' 42" E. 



Champignon, islet in St. Vincent bay on southwest coast of New Caledonia. 



Chanal, of Marchand, is Hatutu of the Marcpiesas group. 



Chanter, islet off the east coast of Raoul, Kermadec group. 29 is^o's., 177 5402 "\v. 



Chard, islet 4.7 m. long, 100 ft. high, off the coast of New Britain. 5 27'vS., 150' 58'E. 



Charles, of the Galapagos is 24 m. in circumference; once settled, now deserted. 

 1780 ft. high. 



Charles Hardy, see Nissan of the Bismarck archipelago. 



Charlotte, another name for Apaiang, Gilbert islands. 



Chas, see Wari, New Guinea. 



Chase, see Tamana, Gilbert islands. 



Chassant ^ vSalat, of the Caroline islands. 



Chatham, a group belonging to New Zealand and situated in 43 48' 59" s., 176" 39'5o"w". 

 It was discovered by Captain Broughton of the armed tender Clialluuii attached to 

 Vancouver's expedition in 1791. At the time of the discovery there were some 

 1200 natives of a race resembling the ]\Iaori and called Moriori. They were a 

 cheerful and healthy people dressed in seal skins, but when, in 1840, Dr. Dieffenbach 



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