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AUSTEALASIA. 



centre of Pacific navigation, Upolu, the most densely peopled island, being much, 

 frequented by English, American, and German skippers. The chief port, Aj)ia, 

 lies at the head of a semicircular bay on the north side of Upolu, which is sheltered 

 on the west by a long wooded promontory fringed with reefs. Formerly a 

 rendezvous for whalers, Apia now chiefly exj)orts copra, although cotton, coffee, and 

 tobacco plantations have also been laid out. But a protracted war of succession 



Fig. 2 15. -Apia. 

 Scale 1 : 37,000 



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Depths. 



Rocks exposed 

 at low water. 



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 Feet. 



32 to 80 

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1,100 Yards. 



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 upwards. 



fomented by the Germans has well-nigh ruined its agricultural prospects. The 

 fields and gardens have been wasted up to the very suburbs of Apia, which has 

 itself suffered much from these deplorable rivalries. Apia might be replaced as a 

 seaport by the much safer inlet of Pango-Pango on the south side of Tutuila, but 

 for its remote position. At the bay of Fmiga-sa, on the opposite side of this island, 

 Langle and three other companions of Laperouse were murdered by the natives in 

 1787. 



