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height of 60 feet, of volcanic formation. Within the bight of Vomo 

 on the west there is anchorage for small vessels. Between Waialailai 

 and Vomo there are three patches of coral ; one lies just to the north 

 of the latter island. To the west from Vomo extends the Fua Reef, 

 which reaches to within a mile of Ombi Island, one of six small, 

 rocky isles, which lie south-southwest, 8 miles from Waia Island ; 

 these were named Knox, Baldwin, Davis, Lewis, and Totten. They 

 are all surrounded by narrow shore-reefs. There are two outlying 

 patches of coral in their neighborhood, one to the north, 3 miles 

 distant, and the other off the southeast end of Totten Island. 



HUDSON ISLES. 



The fourteen islands 8 miles south of Totten Island I have called 

 the Hudson Isles, viz., Carr, Walker, Johnson, Case, Emmons, Alden, 

 Craven, Perry, Malolo, Malololailai, Soni, Palmer's, Waldron. and 

 Speiden. These are the extreme southwestern part of the Feejee 

 Group ; they are all surrounded by shore-reefs of little width, ex- 

 cept at the points, where the reef extends from a quarter to half a 

 mile. There are a few coral patches between Case and Craven 

 Islands. The sea-reef from near the latter island stretches over 3 miles 

 to the south. There is no sea- reef to the westward of the most 

 northern of the Hudson Isles, as has been generally supposed, conse- 

 quently they are exposed to the full swell of the ocean from the west, 

 but being to leeward of the group, the sea is for the most part of the 

 year quite smooth. The first eight are not inhabited, consequently 

 supplies cannot be obtained. There is anchorage within them, yet 

 they cannot be said to afford any safe port for vessels. Further 

 remarks are deemed unnecessary, as the chart points out their relative 

 situations, and renders a particular description of them useless. 



MALOLO, MALOLOLAILAI, WALDRON, AND SPEIDEN. 



Malolo and its accompanying four islets, Malololailai, Soni, Palmer's, 

 and Kuku, are the southeastern islands. On the south and west they 

 are surrounded by extensive coral reefs, which protect them from the 

 force of the sea. Malolo is triangular in shape, its sides being 2 

 miles in length. This island is 400 feet in height; the ridge rises to a 



