I40 INDEX TO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. 



from the main reef. Pis, Tsis, Tol, Woles, Salat or Chassant, Cuop, Faleii, Umol, 

 Pones are some of the islands. Rev. F. M. Price, an American missionary sta- 

 tioned on Ruk, estimates the population at 15,000. The north end is in 7°42'3o"n., 

 151° 46' E. 4. 



Run, in Geelvink bay on the north coast of New Guinea. 2 30' S., 134° 35' E. 



Rua kiki, off the northeast coast of Guadalcanar, Solomon islands. 9^ 30' 05" s., 

 160° 37' E. 



Rua suli, off the northeast coast of Guadalcanar, Solomon islands. 9°3o's., 160° 36' E. 



Rurick, see Arutua of the Paumotu archipelago. 



RurutU or Oheteroa, of the Austral group, was discovered by Cook, August 14, 1769; 

 1350 ft. high. Population about 600, all Protestant, under the teaching of the 

 London Missionary Society. Annexed by France in 1889. 22° 29's., 151° 2o'25"w. 



Russell or Pavuvu, a group northwest from Guadalcanar, 20 m. E-w., 12 m. N-S.; 

 largest island is 1600 ft. high. Natives peaceable, keen traders. 9°04's., i59°o5'e. 



Sabarai or Owen Stanley, of the Louisiade archipelago, is 4X0.3 m., low, thickly 



wooded; inhabited. 11° 08' S., 153° 06' E. Also spelled Sabari. 

 Sable, south from Goodman in the Bismarck archipelago. 3° 32' S., 154° 36' E. 

 Sabuda, on the New Guinea coast. 2° 37' S., 131 ' 38' E. 

 Saddle, see Lo, New Hebrides. 

 Saddle, in Torres strait. 10° 10' S., 142° 40' E. 

 Sagitaria (La), an island discovered by Pedro Fernandez Quiros, 12-13 February, 1606. 



According to Espinosa this is Tahiti. 

 Saibai, low, 12X4 "i- ^'^ the south coast of New Guinea. Population, 100. East end 



is in 9° 24' S., 142° 47' E. 

 Sainson, low, wooded island on the north coast of Humboldt bay. New Guinea. 



3 09' S., 142° 24' E. 

 Saint Aignan, see Misinia, Louisiade archipelago. Saint Aignan was a Lieutenant on 



the Recherche. 

 St. Ambrose is 4 m. in circumference, 720 ft. high (1500 ft. Maclear). 26° i9'45"s., 



79° 49' 45" w. 

 St. Andre, see Sansoral. 

 St. Andrew, a group of six islands near the Admiralty islands: Violet, Waikatu, 



Bull, Broadmead, Berry and a bushy islet. Natives seem to be a finer race than 



the New Irish or Solomon islanders. 2° 26' S., 147° 24' E. 

 St. x\ugustine, see Nanomea, Ellice group. 16. 

 St. Bartholomew, see Malo, New Hebrides. 

 St. Bruno, an inhabited islet off the northeast point of Gardenijs, in the Bismarck 



archipelago. 

 St. Claire, see Merigi of the New Hebrides. 

 St. David, see Began. 



St. Felix is 9 m. west from St. Ambrose ; barren, volcanic. 26" 16' 46" s., So° 00' 15" w. 

 St. George or San Jorge, see Tuilagi, Solomon islands. 

 St. Ignace or Hardy, islet in Ugue bay on the northeast coast of New Caledonia. 



St. John, see Wonneram, Bismarck archipelago. 



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