INDEX TO I HE PACIFIC ISLANDS. 



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Mariere or Pulo Mariere, also called Warren Hastings, 

 was discovered by Captain Hntcliinson September, 

 1 761. It is 2 m. n-s. by 1 m. E-w., and inhabited. 



5 : 45' s., 132" 28' E. 



Marina, a name of Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, used by the 

 Banks islanders. In Maewo and Oba it is called Marino. 



Marion, see Tupua of the Society islands. 



Marire, islet of Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. . 



Markham, see Bagiagia, a reef island in Moresby strait. 



Maro reef was discovered by Captain Allen of the Ameri- 

 can whaler Mala in 1820. About 35 m. in circumfer- 

 ence; no land; breakers only. Northwest point is in 

 25 : 31' N., 17c/ 37' 33" w. 



Marokatl, Dawhaida or Ravahere was discovered by Cap- 

 tain Cook in 1773. There is great uncertainty about 

 this group, not as to its existence, but whether there 

 are not two distinct reefs, besides the neighboring- one 

 of Manaka. I have followed the charts, but the sailing 

 directions contradict these and there is no competent 

 exploration to determine. North point is in ij° 55' s., 

 142' 17' W. 



Maronu, islets in Uailu passage on the northeast side of 

 New Caledonia. 



Maroupo, a name of Angatau of the Paumotu archipelago. 



Marovo, New Georgia or Rubiana, of the Solomon islands, 

 consists of three principal islands and many islets, all 

 of recent volcanic origin, some rising to a height of 

 2500 ft. Inhabitants are dark, sturdy cannibals. The 

 northeast point is in 7 57' s., 157° 31' E. 



Marqueen of the charts should be Marcken as named by 

 Lemaire. 



Marquesas, Les Marquises, were discovered July 21, 1595, 

 by Mendana so far as the southeast group is con- 

 cerned. The northern group by Marchand in 1791, 

 and by Ingraham about the same time. They were 

 named in memory of Don Garcia Hurtado de Mendoza, 

 Marques de Canete, Viceroy of Peru and patron of 

 Mendana's second voyage. They were taken by France 

 in 1842. The native inhabitants have diminished from 

 the supposed number of 75,000 to less than 3500. 

 They were of beautiful form, finely tatued, and hun- 

 gry cannibals. Now they are perishing with leprosy, 

 syphilis and other evils. Devoted Hawaiian mission- 

 aries have labored with them for forty years. The 

 islands of the group may be tabulated as follows : 



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Pajaros ... 



Urracas 



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Asuncion c i 



MARIANAS 



Agrigan ^ 



Pagan x> 



Almagan r /^ 



Guguan 



Torres 







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Sariguan 



Anataian 



Medinilla 



Saipan 



4f ''t$j 



Tinian f) 

 Aguijan Q 



LADRONE 



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