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or of reef flats, as well as the relative number of islands and islets scattered 

 either on the windward or the lee fiice of the different groups. We might 

 as a rule call the eastern the lee face, for the strength of the northeast 

 monsoon is not to be compared with that of the southwest monsoon upon 

 the western faces of the Maldive Islands. Of course the west face is the 

 lee during the period of the northeast monsoon. These conditions again 

 are somewhat modified to the south from Haddummati to Suvadiva and 

 Addu, where we are outside of the region of the monsoons, in the area of 

 calms and variable equatorial winds. 



Native Boat, Male. 



