-89- (10) "Line Islands" or Fanning or Washington group. The Hydr. Pilot includes various other scattered islands under the heading "Line Islands." Some authorities claim these for the U. S., but most of them seem to be British in fact. Bird (s. e. islet of Palmyra. Christmas (40 x 35 mi.; low; lagoon id., covered with sand and coral rock, with scattered bushes and cocoanut and other trees; cocoanut trees are now "being planted," and the id. has been leased for this purpose for 99 years; no regular permanent inhab., and no regular ship connections. Cook (islet at entrance to lagoon of Christmas id., 10 ft. high and sandy. Fanning (9.5 x 4 mi.; very low; large and shallow lagoon; some guano formerly exported; very fertile; covered with cocoanuts 60-90 ft. high; an Englishman owned the id. and pressed cocoanut oil about 1876; now a cable station (cable from Vancouver Id., B. C., and Suva, Fijis); a "rifle range" has been erected for the employees, who have probably shot more at live targets; Union Co. steamers call every two months, and a schooner visits here about twice a year from Honolulu; only vessel entrance is English Harbor, on s. w. side. Some introduced "natives" col- lect copra. New York [= Washington]. Observatory (s. w. islet of Palmyra. Palmyra atoll (many (possibly 50) islets on reef; 5.2 x 1.5 mi., enclos- Samarang. (ing 3 lagoons; some islets with cocoanuts, others with (less vegetation. Not inhab., but traces of former inhab. (exist. Now a part of Territory of Hawaii, and owned by (Mr. --- Cooper, Pres. of College of Hawaii. Prospect [= Washington] Samarang [= Palmyra] Strawn {islet of Palmyra Uahuga [= Washington]