SAVA II _ 
SAMOAN or 
NAVIGATOR 
ISLANDS. 
UPOLU 
173 
172 
the coral polyp. They are thirteen in number, as 
generally counted,— though, depending on where one 
draws the line between an islet and a mere rocky 
crag, they are sometimes stated as more, and some- 
times less, down to nine. Three, however, are by 
far the most important in size and population. They 
lie between 13 ° 30 ' and 14 ° 20 ' south latitude, and 
between 169 ° and 173 ° west longitude, and are 
therefore thoroughly tropical, and lie pretty near 
that mysterious line where the ship suddenly sails 
out of one day into the day before. ^ 
The third of the larger islands lies about forty 
miles to the wind- 
ward, east, of Upolu. 
T u t u i 1 a , seventeen 
miles long and two 
hundred and thirty 
in circuit, is inter- 
esting to Americans, 
containing the har- 
bor of Pango Pango. 
