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Manihi, of the Paumotu archipelago, is the Waterlandt of Lemaire and vSchonteu, 

 1616; 13 m. NK-SW. Inhabitants make curiously elaborate cances. The east end 

 is in 14' 24' S., 145" 52' w. 31. 



Manihiki, see Monahiki. 19. 



Manitn, islet of Jobi, New Guinea. 



Manima, islet of Tongatabu. 



Manoba or Elisabeth, a thickly wooded island off the northeast point of Malaita, 

 Solomon islands. 8 20' s., 160° 43' K. 



Manono, of the .Samoan islands, is on the reef of Upolu. It has a surface of 3.3 scj. m.; 

 500 ft. high. i3°5o's., 172' 01' K. Formerly the political centre of the feudal aristo- 

 cracy; at present a sort of naval dockyard where a large double war-canoe is kept. 15. 



Manor, of the Schouten islands. 0° 50' S., 136° K. 



Manose, one of the Hermit islands. 1° 34' s., 144" 55' E. 8. 



Mantapeiti (leeward) and Mantapeitak (windward), islets of Ponape, Caroline islands. 



Manton, see Mokil, Caroline islands. 



Manila, of the American part of the Samoan group, covers 20 sq. m. and rises to a height 

 of 2500 ft. 14" 158., i69°26'3o"\v.O The traditionary cradle of the Samoan race. 



Manuae, a barren islet on the same reef with Anotu ; few inhabitants. Discovered 

 liy Cook in 1773. Hervej- group. 33. 



Manuatha, off the north coast of \'iti levu, Fiji; 400 ft. high. 



Manubada, islet off Port Moresby on the south coast of New Guinea. 9 32' S., 147 10' K. 



Manuhangi or Cumberland, of the Paumotu archipelago, was discovered by Wallis 

 in 1767. It is low but inhabited. The west end is in 19 i2'.s., i4i'i9'o6"w. 31. 



Manui, islet of Mangareva. 



Manumanu, at the mouth of the Vanapa river in Redscar bay, New Guinea. 9'09's., 

 146 54 E. 



Maora, islet on the east reef of Huaheine, vSocietv islands. 



Maoraha, islet of San Cristoval, Solomon islands. 



Map, islet on northern side of Yap, Caroline islands. 



Mapas, islet on the south coast of Murua, Kiriwina group. 9 09' s., 152 45' E. 



Mapeti, in Aifa pass on the coast of Tahiti, vSociety islands. 30. 



Mapia, see Pegan. 



Mara, islet in IMuendo bay on the southwest side of New Caledonia. 



Maragili, a name of Kosniann islet in the Louisiade archipelago. 



Marai with Taliwewai forms Stuers islets; low, wooded, in the Louisiade archipelago. 



Maraki or Matthew, of the Gilbert islands, was discovered by Captains ^larshall and 

 Gilbert in 17SS; 5X2.5 m., the lagoon shores almost entirely covered with vegeta- 

 tion. Population was 1900 in 1886. 2° N., 173° 25' E. 7. 



Maramasiki is southeast of ]\Ialaita, Solomon islands. 9" 32' s., 161 25' E.O 



Marambo, a small, wooded island 7 m. E. by x. from the south point of Kamljara, 

 Fiji; 160 ft. high. 



Marceau, islet in Arembo bay on the southwest side of New Caledonia. 



]\Iarchand, see Nukuhiva of the Marquesas islands. 33. 



Marcken, incorrectly on the charts as Alarqueen, was named l)y Lemaire from a sup- 

 posed resemblance to the island of that name in the Zuyder Zee. Captain Mort- 



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