INDEX TO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. 71 



of armor from coconut fibre, and spears and knives armed with shark's teeth. 



Having no stone their adzes and axes were made from the hard shell of the 



Tridacna gigas. 

 Gilia, islet 200 ft. high, between Bagaman and Bobo eina, Louisiade archipelago. 

 Gilua, of the Kiriwina group. 8° 37' 30" S., 150° 50' E. 



Ginara, islet on the south coast Murua, Kiriwina group. 9 07' S., 152° 28' E. ^■^ M - 

 Gingala, group of six large and two smaller islands off Cape Cretin, northeast coast 



of Xew Guinea. Mostly connected with each other and the coast by reef. 

 Gipps, one of the French islands, 3 m. in circumference, thickly populated. Geysers 



on the southeast shore. 4° 32' S., 149° 06' E. 

 ' Givry, islet of'Ruk, Caroline islands. 7 08' 55" n., 15 i° 52' 07" E. 

 GlZO, of the Solomon islands, is 300-400 ft. high and has a fringe of reef and islets. 



8° 01' s., 156° 48' E. 

 Glen, islet 30 ft. high off Cape Vogel, New Guinea. 9 45' s., 150° 05' E. 

 Glennie, see Anser. 



Glenton, or Kato katoa, is 3 m. in circumference and 400 ft. high. io°4o's., i5i°04 / E. 

 Gloucester, on the Australian coast. 20° s., 148° 27' E. 

 ' Gloucester, see Paraoa of the Paumotu archipelago. 31. 

 Goat, islet off Pangopango harbor, Tutuila, Samoan islands. 



Goat, islet 90 ft. high, off north coast of Yanua levu, Fiji, at entrance to Wailea bay. 

 Goat, fourth islet from the westward in'Wotje atoll, Marshall islands. 

 Goat, see Korolib, Fiji. 

 Goat, see Santa Clara. 



Gobigobi, rocky islet 330 ft. high, Brumer islands. 

 Gog, see'Gaua or 1 Santa Maria, Banks islands. 

 Gogan, islet of^ongerik, Marshall islands. 

 Goodenough, see Dauila of the D'Entrecasteaux group. 

 ■" Goodhope, see tRekareka of the Paumotu archipelago. 21. 

 Goodhope of Schouten is probably Niuafoou of the Tongan group. 18. 

 Goodman, see Xugarba of the Bismarck archipelago. 10. 

 Goold, on the Australian coast. 18° io' s., 146° 12' E. 

 Goro, better Koro, Fiji. Fertile, 9.5 m. by 4.5 m.. South point is in 17 23' S., 



179° 25' 5°" E- 14- 

 Goulou, old spelling of'Ngoli, Caroline islands. 



Goulvain, see Dobu of the D'Entrecasteaux group. Goulvain was boatswain of the 



RecJicrchc. 

 Gower, of the Solomon islands, was named by Carteret in 1767. It is the Inattendue 



of Surville (1769). 7° 55' s., 160° 30' E. 

 Gowland, off the south shore of Collingwood bay, New Guinea. 9 30' S., 149° 19' E. 

 Grace, one of the Bonvouloir islands in the Eouisiade archipelago. io° 18' s., i5i°o8'e. 

 Gracious, a group named by D'Urville Les lies Gracieuses. Bismarck archipelago. 



6° 09' s., 1 48° 57' E. 

 v Gran Cocal, see'Nanomanga of the Ellice islands. 

 Grand Duke Alexander, a name given by Bellingshausen in 1820 to Rakaanga or 



Reirson. 



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