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MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF 
They are as follow, viz.: 
NATIVE NAMES. 
Maraki, . 
Makin and Taritari, . . 
Apia,. 
Tarawa, . . . . 
Maiana, ... 
Apamama . . . 
Kuria, 
Nanouki, ... 
Nanouti, 
Taputeouea, 
NAME ON CHARTS. 
Matthew’s Island. 
Pitt’s “ 
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 wearing 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 away, 
which is, that in all cases where the island is at all exposed, it has 
become a string of detached islets, a form it would be most likely first 
to assume in undergoing such a change. Those containing passages 
through the reef have been already pointed out; and in the Hydro- 
graphical Memoir, full directions for entering the lagoons will be found 
