INDEX TO THE PACIFIC ISIANDS. 47 



Bordelaise, see Oraluk of the Caroline islands. 



Borne, islet 50 ft. high off Hanaiapa bay on Hivaoa, Marquesas islands. 



Bory, islet of Ruk, Caroline islands. 7 14' n., 15 i° 39' 37" E. 

 N Boscawen, see Taf ahi of the Tongan islands. 18. 



Botany Isles of Cook are between New Caledonia and Isle of Pines. 



Boucher, see Tiger of the Loyalty group. - 1 ,< 



Boudeuse, low, uninhabited island, shaped like a horseshoe open to the west. Dis- 

 covered by Bougainville August 9, 1768, and named after his ship. i° 25' S., 

 144 32' E. 



Bougainville is the largest of the Solomon islands; extends no m. nw-SE., and is 

 30 m. wide; very mountainous, with volcanic peaks reaching nearly 10,000 ft. 

 Bagana, in the centre, is active. Owing to the ferocity of its inhabitants little is 

 known of the interior. Cannibals all. The north point is in 5 24' S., 154° 38' E. II. 



Bouka, or Buka of the Solomon islands, is much lower than Bougainville, more fer- 

 tile and more populous. Natives said to have the finest physique in the group ; 

 they are active and daring cannibals. The north point is in 5 s., 154° 35' E. II. 



Bounty, a group of 24 islets and rocks, inhabited and belonging to New Zealand. 

 Discovered by Captain Bligh of the Bounty, Sept. 19, 1788. 47° 50' S. 



Bourke, islet in Torres strait. g° 52' S., 143° 22' E. 



Bouro, see San Cristobal, Solomon islands. 



Bow, see Hau of the Paumotu archipelago. 21. 



Bowditch, see Fakaafo of the Union group. 17. 



Bowerick, islet of Oneatoa, Gilbert islands. i° 47' 40" S., 175° 35' 20" E. 7. 



Brackenridge, low, 1 m. long, off Yanua levu, Fiji. 16° 33' s., 178" 47' 20" E. Named 

 for the botanist of the United States Exploring Expedition under Wilkes. 



Bramble Cay, see Massaramcoer. Sand islet at northeast boundary of Queensland 

 colony. 



Brampton, see Parama, New Guinea coast. 



Brander, islet of Rahiroa of the Paumotu archipelago. 



Brattle, islet of Albemarle in the Galapagos. 



Brewer, islet in China strait. io c 34' 30" s., 150 43' 45" E. 



Brierly, see Daddahai in the Louisiade archipelago. 



Bristow, see Bobo on the New Guinea coast. 9 08' S., 143° 14' E. 



Britannia, another name of Mare, Eoyalty group. 



Broadmead, one of the St. Andrew group, Admiralty islands. 



Brocke, see Jarvis. 



Brongniart, islet of Ruk, Caroline islands. 7 33' 30" n., 151" 47' 02" E. 



Brooker, see Utian of the Louisiade archipelago. 



Brown, same as Bikini of the Marshall group. 



Brown, see Eniwetok of the Marshall islands. 



Brown, see L,ae of the Marshall islands. Named for Captain J. W. Brown who dis- 

 covered it. 



Brown, islet in Henry Reid bay on the east side of New Britain. 



Browne is low, wooded, on the same reef with Carpenter and Tracey in Nares harbor, 

 Admiraltv group. 



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