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They are as follow, viz. : 



NATIVE NAMES. 



Maraki, 



Makin and Tarita 



Apia, 



Tarawa, 



Maiana, 



Apamama, 



Kuria, 



Nanouki, 



Nanouti, 



Taputeouea, 



NAME ON GHAUTS. 



Matthew's Island. 



Pitt 



Charlotte's 



Knox's 



Hall's 



Hopper's 



Woodle's 



Henderville's 



Sydenham 



Drummond's 



The above are all those that were visited by the Peacock : the 

 natives, however, gave the names of others, which are said to be in 

 the neighbourhood, to the number of six. 



Peru, ......... Francis Island. 



Nukunau, ........ Byron's " 



Arurai, ........ Hurd's " 



Tamana, ........ Phoebe " 



Onoutu, ........ Rotcher's " 



The first of these five are known on the maps, but the two last are 

 not. There is one which the natives of Apia designated by Tarawa- 

 ni-Makin, but I am inclined to believe it was intended for Pitt's 

 Island. 



The dimensions of these islands have been given, as well as the 

 facilities they afford ships, and the inducements to visit them. The 

 highest land of the group is not more than twenty feet above the sea, 

 and they are all of coral formation, having a general resemblance to 

 the coral islands spoken of in the early history of this voyage. It was 

 found that, unlike those, many of the islands of this group afforded 

 anchorage on sand-banks under their lee, or western side, and in 

 some of them the leeward reef appears to be in part wanting : this 

 would form a distinctive character, and Kirby bears testimony to the 

 fact that these islands are fast wealing away by the action of the sea 

 on them during the westerly gales. 



The compact coral shelf is found at the depth of twelve feet 

 beneath the surface. There is another distinctive mark, which tends 

 to prove that these islands, instead of increasing, are actually wasting 



