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P ?*“? had found anywhere. The fish were both numerous 
species. b ’ “ g tUna ’ barracuda - waho ° (ono), and other gamey 
CHAPTER 21 
Gardner Island 
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Gardner is the southwestern island of the Phoenix group. It lies 280 
nautical miles south of the equator, 70 miles S.S.W. of McKean, 315 
miles S.S.E. of Baker, and 260 miles N.N.W. of Atafu. The nearest Ellice 
islands lie 450 miles to the W.S.W., and the nearest Gilbert island 530 
miles to the W.N.W. with others 110 miles beyond. 
Gardner Island is a triangular, wedge-shaped coral atoll, 3}i miles 
long (N.N.W.-S.S.E.) by about a mile in greatest width, narrowing 
toward both ends. The rim is less than % miles wide, in places scarcely 
100 yards, except at the two ends of the lagoon. At the N.W. end is an 
oval mass of land half a mile wide by m de long. At the S.E. end is a 
triangular enlargement of the rim, about one-third mile on a side. 
The rim is broken at two places by narrow entrances, one on the 
west and one near the,middle of the south side; both are blocked on the 
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