FIRST PROVINCE OF THE GREAT OCEAN. 1Q5 



in pits after the rain. Fatoilep, Ulea, Iviligk, 

 Elath, Lamiireck and OUimirau, are visited for 

 turtle and l)ird-catching. 



Bigelle (K.), Pigiielao (T.), and according to 

 him in latitude 8° 6' north, 147° 17' east longitude, 

 wanting in Cantova*s chart. A similar island, 

 likewise visited on account of the chase, from Elath, 

 Lamureck, and OUimirau. 



Oraitilipu (T.), a shoal of twelve fathoms, be- 

 tween the two above-mentioned islands, in latitude 

 8° & north. 



. Don Luis de Torres has determined another 

 shoal of twenty-four fathoms, in 8° 20' north lati- 

 tude, 149" east longitude. 



The islands hitherto mentioned form the second 

 province of Cantova, which in his time was divided 

 between the two states of Ulea and Lamureck, but 

 now acknowledges the Tamon, or Prince of Ulea, 

 as the sole master. This Tamon, of the name of 

 Toua, is, besides, acknowledged in several of the 

 more easterly islands, which Cantova reckons in 

 his first province ; and especially, according to Ka- 

 du, in Saugk, Buluatli, and the high land of Tuch. 

 According to Don Luis de Torres, when Toua 

 dies, these islands will not fall to his successor in 

 Ulea, and this maritime state will be divided. 



The same language is spoken in all the islands 

 of the second province of Cantova. 



The intelligence respecting the eastern islands, 

 which form Cantova's first province, Cittac, under 



