General notes on South Pacific island groups
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-7- Howe [= Mopeha] Huabane [= Huaheine] 6. Huaheine (20 mi. circ.; barrier reef surrounds id.; hilly Huabane ((2331 ft. high); wooded (especially on n. part); Huahine (inhab. Plenty of hogs, dogs and dom. fowls at large, Vahine (as early as 1773. (Islets: Maora (on e. reef) Motu Pahare (on e. reef) Peihi (on w. reef) Taiahu (on e. reef) Topati (on e. reef) Vaiorea (on w. side) Motu Vavara (on e. side) Huahine [= Huaheine] Huahine-iti (islet of Huaheine; inhab. and had hogs on it in 1822. (May be a syn. of Peihi? Ile de la Reine [= Motu uta] Imaio [= Eimeo] Iriru (islet on s. side Faaroa bay, Raiatea. Itiahi (islet at entrance of Maupiti Lagoon. King George [= Tahiti] Lord Howe [= Mopeha] Low Id. [= Motu uta] Mahea (islet of Tahaa. Mahipoa [= Mopeha] Maiaiti [= Tapamamu] Maio [= Tapamanu] Maioiti [= Tapamamu] 1. Maitea (7 mi. diam.; is a volc. peak about 1600 ft. high; coco- (mut and other trees abound on e. side; with rocky islets (off s. point; on e. and s. sides the slopes end in (vertical cliffs; N. side is very steep; little or no (level beach; now inhab. (Hydr. Pilot) Townsend says ("well forested", and "uninhabited". ?Boudoir (Le) Dezena Ducena Mehetia Mehitia Osnaburg Osnaburgh ?Pis de la Boudeuse. San Cristobal Manini ids. (off n. w. side of Bolabola. Maora (islet on e. reef of Huaheine. Maowrooah [= Marua] Mapeti (islet in Alfa pass, n. coast of Tahiti.