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go INDEX TO THE PACIFIC I STANDS. 



I/eleppa or Protection, New Hebrides; 2.5 m. nnw-SSE., 1.5 m. wide, 637 ft. high; in- 

 habited. Off the northwest coast of Fate, forming the west side of Havannah 

 harbor. 



I/digoat or Hamelin, a low and wooded islet of the Loyalty group. 



Leltivia is south from Moturiki, Fiji; low and covered with coconut walks. i7°48'3o"s., 

 178° 46' E. 

 1 Lenetl, islet of Ailinglablab of the Marshall islands. 



Leocadie group, two islets off the New Guinea coast. 



Leonidas, low islet 0.7 m. in circumference, off Yanua levu, Fiji. 16 39' 24" S., 

 178° 36' 50" E.O 



Leper, see'Aoba lOmba), New Hebrides. 



I/eru, islet of Pavuvu, Solomon islands. 



Lesson, an active volcano (May 20, 1874) on the north coast of New Guinea; 3.5 m. 

 in circumference, 2200 ft. high. The natives wear their hair in bundles enclosed 

 in basket work and often projecting a foot behind. 3 35' s., 144° 47' E. 8. 

 ' Lette, see Late, Tongan islands. 



Leuen, south island of Namu atoll of the Marshall islands. 8 14' n., i68° 03' E. 



Letyieuwa, islet of Ontongjava. 5 28' s., 159" 44' E. 



Levalea, islet of Pavuvu, Solomon islands. 



Lewis, islet of the Yasawa group, Fiji. 17" 28' 40" s., 177" 00' 10" E.O 



Lib, of the Marshall islands; 2.2 m. i-.-w. 8 20'x., 167" '30' E. (Captain Dennett.) 6. 



Lifu, raised coral, 100-250 ft. high, in the Loyalty group. Population, 7000^. 

 Formerly cannibals. 20 36' s., 167" 06' E. 13. 



Lifuka, low, 5 m. by 2 m., in the Hapai group, Tongan islands. 19 49's., i75°4i'w. 18. 



Likieb, of the -Marshall islands, was discovered by Kotzebue November 5, 1817. It 

 consists of 44 islets on an atoll 27 m. long and from 7-12 m. wide. 9 48' N., 

 169 21' E. 



Likuri, a sand islet off west coast of Yiti levu, Fiji. 



Lileb, see Kwadjalin of the Marshall islands. 



Lily, on the New Guinea coast. 9 25' s., 147 02' E. 



Litnu, islet in the Hapai group, Tongan islands. 



Litia, of the Solomon islands. 7 15' S., 157 32' E. 



Linthieum, in the Underwood group, Fiji; low and wooded. 17 ''44' S., 177 15' 10" E.O 



Lisiansky, of the Hawaiian group, was discovered by Captain Lisiansky in the Neva, 

 October 15, 1805. It is 3 m. by 2 m., and 40 ft. high. 26° N., 173° 57' w. 2. 



Livingston, see Xamonuito of the Caroline islands. 4. 



Lizard, islet of Hueguenee, Loyalty islands. 



Lizard, islet on the Australian coast. 14° 40' S., 145° 28' E. 



Lloyd, on the Australian coast. 12 46' s., 143° 26' E. 



Lo or Saddle, Torres islands; 3.5 m. x-s. by 2 m. p;-w., 500 ft. high. Natives quiet 

 and friendly. 13 20' S., 166" 35' E. 



Loa (Observatory of Wilkes), is northeast from Oneata to which it is connected by a 

 sunken reef; 140 ft. high. 18" 24' 40" S., 181° 28' E.O 



Loangi, a mile long, off Vanua levu, Fiji. 



Loch, New Guinea region. 7° 45' s., 144° 12' K. 



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