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HYDROGRAPHY. 



TAWEREE, OR ST. SIMEON, OR RESOLUTION ISLAND. 



Taweree was discovered by Boccheno, in 1772. It has the appear- 

 ance of two small, low, coral islands : it is four miles in circumference. 

 There is no outlet to its lagoon. There are three clumps of cocoanut 

 trees, and a few Pandanus on it. Fresh water can be obtained by 

 digging pits. The south and west sides are but a bare reef. 



TAKUREA, OR WOLCONSKY ISLAND. 



Takurea was discovered by Bellinghausen, in 1820. It is a low 

 coral island, of oblong shape, in a north half east and south half west 

 direction, ten miles in circumference. There is no opening into the 

 lagoon. It is inhabited, the north end being high and thickly wooded, 

 while its eastern side is partly a submerged reef. 



THE TWO GROUPS. 



The Two Groups were discovered by Captain Cook, in 1773. They 

 comprise but two islands, Dawhaida and Manaka. The first is the 

 most northern, and has an opening on the northwest for small vessels 

 and boats. There is a channel of a mile wide between them, but no 

 soundings. The islands have a north-northwest and south-southeast 

 direction. They are each about ten miles long and three wide. Daw- 

 haida on the north is for the most part well wooded, but the southern 

 part is a bare reef, with some few cocoanut trees on its southeast 

 end. Manaka has a grove of cocoanut palms on the south end. Its 

 east and west sides are nearly bare, and in places awash. The coral 

 reef of Manaka is continuous. These islands are inhabited. 



