

n8 INDEX TO THE PACIFIC I STANDS. 



nesians, more manly and vigorous than the Hawaiian whom they closely resemble 



in outward form. 



The climate of New Zealand is not extreme but is subject to sudden changes, 



which do not increase the death rate which is very low. Volcanoes and snow-capped 



mountains add greatly to the beauty of the scenery, and also give variety to 



climatic effects. One thing is quickly noticed by the traveller, that the ruddy 



complexions of England are rather enhanced here while they soon disappear in 



the Australian colonies. 

 Nexsen, a name given by Fanning, in 1798, to Hatutu of the Marquesas islands. 

 Ngaloa (Galoa), of the Fiji group, is a small island which gives its name to the har- 

 bor on the south side of Kandavu. 19/05' io"s., 178° ii^c/'e. {Challenger survey.) 

 Ngaloa, on the north coast of Vanua levu, north of Lekutu river. Thickly peopled. 



16 37' 24" s., 178 41' 32" E.O 14. 

 Ngamea (Qamea), northeast from Taviuni, Fiji; 5.7 m. long E-w., 1000 ft. high; 



about 500 inhabitants. 16° 47' s., 179° 44' w. 14. 

 Nganati, Pinaki or Whitsunday of the Paumotu archipelago, was discovered by Wallis 



in 1767. It is low and wooded. 19° 40' 22" S., 140° 22' 28" w. There is much 



confusion on the charts. 21. 

 Ngasi tnbali, a low, uninhabited islet off Kandavu, Fiji, 60 ft. high. 

 Ngatik, or Raven islands, 50 m. SW. from Ponape; discovered in 1773 by Don Felipe 



Tompson; 22 m. in circumference, and there are 11 islets on the unbroken reef. 



There is a small lagoon. Much copra is exported. 5 47' 30" n., 157 32' E. 5. 

 Ngau, the Angau of Wilkes, is 27 m. southeast from Ovalau, Fiji ; 1 1.2X4 m - O n the 



west is a barrier reef 16 m. long. Dilathoa peak is 2345 ft. high, in 17° 58' 30" S., 



iSi° 33' 30" E. 

 Nge, islet near Dumbea passage at the south end of New Caledonia. 

 Ngea, islet in Bulari bay, New Caledonia. 



Ngele levu, a coral reef 1 m. SE-NW. in the Ringgold group, Fiji. 

 Ngoli, or Lamoliork, Caroline islands. The Matelotas of Villalobos in 1545; consists 



of five islets, the south one inhabited. 8° 15' n., 137 35' E. 

 NgtialitO, islet of Malolo islands, Hudson group, Fiji. 

 Nguna, see Muna of the New Hebrides. 

 Niau, or Greig, a low, wooded island of the Paumotu archipelago, 4 m. in diameter, 



with a closed lagoon. The hurricane of 1878 almost depopulated this island. 



16" 1 r' s., 146 22' w.O 

 Nibanga, the southeast island of the Matema group; small, round, 200 ft. high, in- 

 habited. 10" 21' s., 1 66° 17' E. Santa Cruz islands. 

 Nicholson, in the Tongau group, was first known as Beveridge reef, now a coral 



island 3X2 m.; an example of an island formed from a reef in recent times. 



20° 02' s., 167 49' w. 

 Nie, islet in Dumbea bay, north from Ducos peninsula on the southwest side of New 



Caledonia. 

 Nielsen, islands off the north coast of New Guinea at the mouth of Prince Albrecht 



harbor. 



Nienane, a high, bare rock between Daos and Art islands, Belep group, New Caledonia, 



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