ii4 INDEX TO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. 



Nekumara, islet between Dobu and Kwaiope, east from Dawson strait, D'Entrecas- 

 teaux group. g° 44' s., 150° 54' E. 



Nemtl or Double, islet in Infernet passage on the southwest coast of New Caledonia. 



Nemu or Musquillo, atoll of the Marshall islands. The south point is in 8° 14' N., 

 1 68° 03' E. 



Nendahatlde, islet south from Balabio on the northeast coast of New Caledonia. 



Nendiale, islet in Banare bay on the northwest coast of New Caledonia. 



Nengone, the native name of Mare or Britannia of the Loyalty islands. 



Nengonengo or Prince William Henry of the Paumotu archipelago was discovered 

 by Wallis in 1765; 5 m. E-w. North end is in 18° 43' s., 141° 40 w. 21. 



Neni, low and covered with coconut trees, on the northeast coast of New Caledonia. 



Nenon or Nenu, in Port Bouquet on the east coast of New Caledonia; 1.5 m. E. by 

 N.-w. by s. 



Nepean, island with extensive reefs in Torres strait. 9 34' s., 143° 38' E. 



Nepean, one of the Kermadec islands; 0.2 m. long, 50 ft. high. 29° 04' S., 167 58' E. 



Netherland, see Nui of the Ellice islands. 



Neu Hannover, see New Hanover. 



Neu Lauenburg, German name for Duke of York islands. 



Neu Mecklenburg, German name for New Ireland. It seems unfortunate that in 

 changing the well-known names of their new possessions the Germans should not 

 have improved on the former rather unsuitable appellations. I cannot see that 

 New Mecklenburg is any more appropriate than New Ireland. 



Neu Pommern, the German name for New Britain. 



Nevelo, see Lomlom, Santa Cruz. 



Nevil, see Tobi, Caroline islands. . ~ 



New, island of the New Guinea region. 2 30' s., 131° 34' E. 



New Amsterdam, the name given by Tasman to Tongatabu. 



New Britain (Neu Pommern of the Germans). Carteret, in 1767, found that what 

 Dampier had supposed a bay when in 1700 he sailed through the strait that bears 

 his name and proved that there was an island distinct from New Guinea, was 

 really another strait, so he named the land to the east New Ireland, and the west- 

 ern one New Britain. Little is known of New Britain, large as it is. There are 

 many active volcanoes in the long and narrow island. Cannibals are numerous 

 but in constant tribal warfare; 330 m. long, nowhere more than 50 m. wide. The 

 north point is in 4 07' s., 152" 10' E. IO. 



New Caledonia was parti)- discovered by Cook, but D'Entrecasteaux completed the 

 work. Taken by France in 1853 it was made a penal settlement in 1883 in spite of 

 the experience of England in her Australian penal stations, and the constant es- 

 cape of convicts is a great damage to the neighboring colonies. New Caledonia is 

 about 216 m. long, 30 m. broad. There are two parallel ranges of mountains ex- 

 tending the whole length; the eastern, about 2500 ft. high, has an even and regu- 

 lar outline, while the western mountains are higher (2600—3600 ft.) and more 

 irregular in form. Mt. Douit, over Cape Colnett, is 5570 ft. high. Among other 

 minerals nickel is found here.* The native houses are generally conical. The 



*Heurteau — Rapport sur la Constitution de la Nouvelle Caledonie, 1876. Pelatan — Les Mines de la Nouvelle Caledonie, 1892. 



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