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INDEX TO THE FACIEI C ISLANDS. 



Hancock of Roberts is Hatiitu, Marquesas islands. 33. 



Hannam, island on the east side of Willaumez peninsula, New Britain. 



Hannibal, on the Australian coast. 11' 37' s., 142° 56' E. 



Hansa, see Wilcan, New Guinea. 



Hanudamava, islet 273 ft. high, near Port jMoresby on the southeast coast of New- 

 Guinea. 



Hao, see Hau of the Pauniotu archipelago. 21. 



Hapai, group of the Tongan islands, is composed of many small islands on a reef 

 40X23 m., of which little is known. 



Harcourt, group consisting of Karu and Ague, north from Ugue bav on the north- 

 east coast of New Caledonia. 



Hardttian, group of two islets, low and wooded, in the Louisiade archipelago. 



Hardy, north of Collingwood bay on the coast of New Guinea. 9" 11' s., 149° 21' E. 



Hardy := He St. Ignace, Loyalty islands. 



Harikoia, second in size of the Brumer group. New Guinea; 520 ft. high; inhabited. 



Harowani is the east of the Killerton group in Milne ba}-, on the east coast of New- 

 Guinea. A station of the London Missionary Society. 



Harp, see Hau in the Paumotu archipelago. 21. 



Harper, on the coast of New Guinea. 8° 04' S., 148° 09' K. 



Harris, or Mewadi, is off the coast of Nornianby (Duau), D'Entrecasteaux group. 

 9° 52' S., 150' 57' K. 



Hash, see Mokor of the Caroline islands. Said not to exist. 



Hastings, in the Bonvouloir group, Louisiade archipelago; 400 ft. high. 10 20' .S., 

 151 52' K. 



HaSZard, two islands in the Engineer group. The southern one is about a mile long, 

 200 ft. high, with a reef encircling. 10" 38' s., 151" 22' K. 



Hat, see Watu vara, Fiji group. 



Hat, see Teauaua of the Marquesas group. 



Hat, see Arabi of the New Hebrides. 



Hat, islet in Geelvink bay on the north coast of New Guinea. 



Hat, islet at entrance to Havannah harbor, of Fate, New Hebrides. 



HatutU, or Chanal of the Marquesas group, is 4 m. by i m., and 1380 ft. high. 

 Perhaps the Nexsen of Captain Fanning, 1798. Marchand called it Chanal; 

 Ingraham christened it Hancock, and Roberts named it Langdon. 7 57' S., 

 140° 34' w. 33. 



Hau, Bow, or Harp, was discovered by Bougainville in 1768. Cook visited it the 

 next year and called it Bow. It is 30 m. long and 5 m. wide. 18" 03' 38" s., 



Mo" 59' 15" w. 21. 

 Hawaii, the largest of the Hawaiian group, was called by Cook Owhyhee, misunder- 

 standing the article O Hawaii. The island is wholly volcanic, composed of lava 

 emitted from Kea, Loa, Hualalai and Kilauea. Of these volcanoes Kea has at- 

 tained the height of 13,825 ft.; Loa, 13,675 ft.; and Hualalai, 8275. The area of 

 the island is 4015 sq. m. While a large part of the surface is barren lava, along 

 the shores and in the valleys on the north and east sides much sugar is produced, 

 and on the west side the best coffee of the group is found. 



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