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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZIX 



Photograph by Junius B. Wood 

 A YOUNGSTER OP PONAPE STANDING ON THE THRESPIOLD OP THE ISLAND'S MOST 



ANCIENT TEMPEE 



Nanmatal, on the east coast of Ponape, was a prosperous city of stone walls and canals 

 hundreds of years ago. Its origin is lost in the folklore of the islanders (see text, pages 

 553 and 607 to 615). 



