-117- (6) Hervey or Cook Group (including Palmerston). (Brigham says "Hervey" applies properly to the 2 northern ids., Aitutaki and Manuae.) Inhabitants are Christians. Climate good, and heat not oppressive. Hurricanes occasional, chiefly from Dec. to March. Administered by New Zealand. The islands are visited "regularly" by steamer from Auckland, N. Z. Aitutaki (3.5 mi. long or about 18 mi. circ.; volcanic formation; high (450 ft. at n. part, where mostly bare); extreme n. end is low and swampy; on n. w. side is a steep rocky cliff 200 ft. high; well wooded and watered; reef on s. w. coast; 8 wooded ids. and 6 low sand cays on reef. Whytootake Anotu [= Auotu] Armstrong [= Rarotonga] Arorangi (see under Rarotonga) Atiu (20 mi. circ.; 394 ft. high; of uplifted coral; bold rocky cliff (shore on n. side, with some sandy bays; said to have extensive caverns; thickly wooded generally; coffee and fruits are grown; inhab.; reef fringes shore. Atui Vatiu Wateoo Wateooo. Atui [= Atiu] Auotu (twin islet with Manuae on one reef; well wooded; inhab. Anotu. Uitate Avarau [= Palmerston] Cook Islands (portion of Hervey group) Drotoi (doubtful id. reported in 27° 17' S., 159° 40' W.; if extant it (may be equivalent to Tuanahae. Femua iti [= Takutea] Harvey [= Hervey] Hervey = name formerly applied to one of the ids., doubtless Auotu and Manuae. Mahowarah (of Cook) may = Mitiero or Mauiki Maina (small wooded islet of Aitutaki; uninhab. Manaia [= Mangaia] Mangaia (20-30 mi. circ.; 656 ft. high; volcanic in origin; coffee is (grown; inhab.; centre of Protestant mission in central Pacific; (fringing reef, with no entrance. Pigs, turkeys, etc. are pro- (duced here. About a dozen schooners visit here each year, chiefly (from Tahiti and Rarotonga. Manaia Mangea Mangeea