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INDEX TO THE PACIFIC ISIANDS. 



Pegue, one of the Hermit islands. i° 35' S., 144° 58' E. 8. 



Peihi, islet on the west reef of Huaheine, Society islands. 



Peka, high island of Fiji. 16° 52' 54" S., 177° 26' 06" E.O 



Pele, northeast from Fate, New Hebrides; 2 m. long, 300 ft. high; Polynesian inhabitants. 



Pelelep, of Duperrey is Pingelap, Caroline islands. 



Peleliu or Pililu, of the Pelew islands, extends 3 m. ne-SW. 6° 58' N., 134° 16' 15" E. 



Pelew or Palao, the Arrecifos of Villalobos, who discovered them in 1543, extend about 

 85 m. N-s., while the greatest breadth does not exceed 7 m. A barrier reef with 

 many passages extends the whole length of the group. The population in 1875 

 was 10,000; less than a century before it was 40,000. No pestilence, no massacres, 

 simply want of energy. Semper says : "The iron of the European followed too 

 close upon the stone of the savage." The six principal islands are N'yaur on the 

 south, Peleliu, Eil Malk or Irakong, Uruktapi, Korror (seat of government), and 

 Babeltop, with many islets. 



Pelican, on the Australian coast. 13° 53' S., 143° 52' E. 



Pell, see Lisiansky of the Hawaiian group. 



Peme, the northeast islet of the Hermit group. 1° 29' S., 145° 06' E. 



EIG. 10. PERU. 



Penantipode, a name sometimes given to Antipodes island. New Zealand. 



Pender, a circular islet of the Engineer group, Louisiade archipelago. 



Penrhyn, see Tongareva. 



Pentecost, see Arag of the New Hebrides. 



Percy, low and wooded, 2 m. long, in Cloudy bay, on southeast coast of New Guinea. 



Peregrina (La), see Gente Hermosa. 15. 



Peroat, see Peru of the Gilbert islands. 



Perry, a high island of the Hudson group, Fiji. 17° 41' 30" s., 177° 05' E.O 



Peru, Sunday, Maria, Eliza, Peroat or Francis, was discovered b^- Captain Clerk of the 



ship ye;//// Palmer in 1827; 11 m. long, 6-8 ft. high. Population about 2000. 



Southeast point is in i" 27' 35" S., 176° 05' w. 

 Pescado (Isla de), discovered by Quiros February 21, 1606. Perhaps the same as San 



Bernardo, or even Solitaria. 

 Pescadores, see Bikini, Marshall group, or Rongelab. 



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