SO MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF 



They are as follow, viz.: 



NATIVE NAMES. NAME ON CHARTS. 



Maraki, Matthew's Island. 



Makin and Taritari, Pitt's " 



Apia, .......... Charlotte's " 



Tarawa, ......... Knox's " 



Maiana, Hall's " 



Apamama ......... Hopper's " 



Kuria, ......... Woodle's " 



Nanouki, ......... Henderville's " 



Nanouti, ......... Sydenham " 



Taputcouea, ........ 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, Phcebe " 



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 



