INDEX TO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. 



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Mariere or Pulo Mariere, also called Warren Hastings, 

 was discovered by Captain Hutchinson September, 

 1761. It is 2 ni. x-S. by i m. K-w., and inhabited. 

 5' 45' S., 132 28' K. 



Marina, a name of Espiritu vSanto, New Hebrides, used by the 

 Banks islanders. In Maewo and Oba it is called Marino. 



Marion, see Tupua of the Society islands. 



Marire, islet of Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. 



Markham, see Bagiagia, a reef island in ^loresby strait. 



Maro reef was discovered by Captain Allen of the Ameri- 

 can whaler Malo in 1820. About 35 m. in circumfer- 

 ence; no land; breakers only. Northwest point is in 



25° 31' N., 170" 37' 33" w. 



Marokau, Dawhaida or Ravahere was discovered by Cap- 

 tain Cook in 1773. There is great uncertainty about 

 this group, not as to its existence, but whether there 

 are not two distinct reefs, besides the neighboring one 

 of Manaka. I have followed the charts, but the sailing 

 directions contradict these and there is no competent 

 exploration to determine. North point is in 17° 55' s., 

 142° 17' w. 



Marontl, islets in l^ailu pas.sage on the northeast side of 

 New Caledonia. 



Maroupo, a name of Angatau of the Panmotu archipelago. 



Marovo, New Georgia or Rubiana, of the Solomon islands, 

 consists of three principal islands and many islets, all 

 of recent volcanic origin, some rising to a height of 

 2500 ft. Inhal^tants are dark, sturdv cannibals. The 

 northeast point is in 7 ' 57' S., 157" 31' E. 



Marqueen of the charts should be Marcken as named by 

 Lemaire. 



Marquesas, Les Marquises, were discovered July 21, 1595, 

 by Mendaha so far as the southeast group is con- 

 cerned. The northern group by Marchand in 1791, 

 and by Ingraham about the same time. They were 

 named in memory of Don Garcia Hnrtado de Mendoza, 

 Marques de Cafiete, \'iceroy of Peru and patron of 

 Mendaiia's second voyage. They were taken by France 

 in 1842. The native inhabitants have diminished from 

 the supposed number of 75,000 to less than 3500. 

 They were of beautiful form, finely tatued, and hun- 

 gry cannibals. Now they are perishing with leprosy, 

 syphilis and other evils. Devoted Hawaiian mission- 

 aries have labored with them for forty years. The 

 islands of the group nuiy be tabulated as follows: 



[•S3] 



Urracas 



Asuncion c* 1 



MARIANAS 



Agngan (v^ 



Pagan ^ 

 Almagan ^/j 



Guguan 

 Torres 



OR 



Sariguan 



Anatajan 



Saipan 





Tinian 

 Aguijan Q 



LADRONE 



M^ 



Rota 



GUAM 



FIG. 6, 



