THE CAEOLINES. 



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tions associated with these ruins, several of which are partly submerged, the land 

 having subsided since the time of their erection. 



But the chief edifices raised by the former inhabitants of the Carolines are 

 those found in Ualan at the eastern extremity of the archipelago, and especially in 

 the adjacent islet of Lele, Here some of the walls, 20 feet high and over 12 broad, 

 are formed of enormous basalt blocks brought from great distances. Several of 



Fig. 126.— PoNAPÉ. 

 Scale 1 : 100,000. 



Submarine Reefs. 

 -^^^^^^..^^^ 6 Miles. 



the ruins, now overgrown with vegetation, appear to rise above the reefs like 

 verdant islets. 



Ualan is the central station of the American missionaries, whose posts are 

 scattered over the surrounding groups. Although Catholicism is the only Christian 

 cult permitted by the colonial administration, the Spanish Grovernment has been 

 compelled by a revolt of the natives to recognise the accomplished fact and to 

 leave these converts the free exercise of their Protestant relision. 



