INDEX TO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. S9 



Ozareo, Sureb, Kuneotu, Bwanibwani, Taniaris. The group is also called Nada. 

 There are about 170 inhabitauts — a colonv from Murea. 9" 18' s., 153 38' K. 



I/auru, on the New Guinea coast. 031' s., 134' K. 



I/ausancay, a group of low islands extending some 20 m. along a reef; between 

 8" 25' S., 150 20' K. and 8 31' s., 150' 26' K. 9. 



Lauthala (Laucala), Fiji, is 4 m. long and SSo ft. high. The peak is in \6 47' s., 

 I So 23' K. 



I/auvergne, islet of Ruk, of the Caroline archipelago. 



I/R Vandola, the easternmost of the .Admiralty group; nearly circular, about 600 ft. 

 high, well peopled. 2" 15' S., 148" 11' E. 



Lavao, see Yule. 



I^ayard, two low, small islands on the Xew Guinea coast. 7 35' .s., 147^ 32' H. 



I/ayrle, islet at the north side of St. \'incent bay on the southwest side of New Caledonia. 



Laysan or Aloller, of the Hawaiian group, is an American discovery. Captain Stani- 

 kowitch, in 1S28, named it after his vessel. It extends 2 m. bv 1.5 ni. and is per- 

 haps 25 ft. high. For some years it has been leased by the Hawaiian Government 

 to parties who export guano. 25 47' 47" x., 171 53 w. 3. 



Lazaroff or Lazarev, see Matahiva of the Paumotu archipelago. 20. 



I/Causan or Prote6lion, on the northwest side of Fate, New Hebrides. 



I/Cbris, a high islet in l^arai passage on the southwest side of New Caledonia. 



lyebrun group, northwest from W'ari, consists of Hikarika and Dodigi, two conical 

 islands extending K-\v. 10" 52' S., 150 57' K. 



I/'Kchiquier group was discovered by Bougainville and named fnnu a fancied resem- 

 blance to a checkerboard. There are 53 islets, with some 800 inhabitants of a dark 

 copper color and with long, stringy hair. The northeast point is in i 06' s., 144° 30' E. 



Lefuka, a form of Lifuka found on old charts. 



I/Cgoarant group, two small islands off the north coast of New Guinea, 3 m. from 

 shore and half a mile apart. 5' 08' .s., 145 e. 



I/Chua, a small, volcanic island about a mile from the north end of Xiihau of the 

 Hawaiian group. The channel between is very shallow. I. 



lyCiga, islet of the Basses islands in the Louisiade archipelago. 



I/Cigh, islet off Port Carteret on the coast of New Ireland. 



I/eili is large, low, of horseshoe shape, in Sio bay of ]\Ialaita, Solomon islands. 

 8" 48' S., 160° 53' E. 



I/ejeune, a wooded islet on the north edge of a long reef in the Louisiade archipelago. 

 11' 12' S., 151" 50' E. 



I/Ckeleka, islet on Barrier reef, 5 m. southeast from Oua, Hapai group, Tongan islands. 



I/Ckin, islet in form of a cube, between Uea and IMoali, Loyalty group. 



I^eku, low islet off \"iti levu, Fiji. 18° 04' S., 177' 16' E.O 



I/Cle, islet of Kusaie, Caroline islands. According to Liitke the natives pronounce 

 the name Leila. 5° 20' x., 163" 09' E. 



lyCleigana, one of the Obstru6lion islands, Louisiade archipelago; 325 ft. high, 

 wooded and inhabited. 



I/eleizour, one of the Huon group. It has guano worked by a I'rench establish- 

 ment. 18° 18' S. 



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