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23. SAMOAN, HAMOAN OR NAVIGATOR GROUP.
(Including Niffe and Gente Hermosa.)
Niffe and Gente Hermosa are British, and are included here for
convenience.
(In the main islands, wild cattle and wild boars, some quite
ferocious, are said to be common in the mountains.)
Aborima [ = Apolima ].
Albatross { islet at mouth of Saluafata harbor on Upolu, 9 mi. e. of
Apia. Has black rocky base; palm trees 70 ft. high. There
was a German naval sanatorium here.
Amuu [ = Aumuu ].
Apolima { extinct volcano, 2 1/2 mi. circ.; "547" or "472" ft. high;
Aborima.
Poremo.
Upolima.
wooded (cocoanuts?); good stream of water on the island.
Between Savaii and Upolu.
Aumuu { 1 mi. s. of e. end of Tutuila; 65 ft. high; cocoamuts at w.
Amuu. { end; inhab.
Bartlett { islet of Tutuila; off Massefau Bay.
Calinasse { old name of one of the islands.
Chatham [ = Savaii ].
Fanfone [ = Fanfoué ].
Fanfoué [ = Ofu ].
Famuatapu { rocky islet on e. coast of Upolu, 170 ft. high.
Fisherman's Isle { off e. end of Upolu; small, rather high, and
Ile de Pêcheurs. covered with wood.