General notes on South Pacific island groups
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-10- Ioretea "Oriadea" Uliatea Ulieta Ulistea Yoolee-Etea Islets: Haaio (on s. coast) Horea (on w. coast) Iriru (on Faaroa bay) Naonao (on s. reef - wooded) Oatara (on e. reef) Tahaa (on same reef with Raiatea) Taoru Tetaro (on n. e. of reef) Tiano (on w. coast) Tipamau (on Fairoa bay) Toamaro (on W. side) Torea (on w. coast) sandy islet Sagittaria [ = old name for Tahiti] San Cristobal [= Maitea] Saunders [ = Tapamamu] Scilly [ = Fenua ura] Sir Charles Saunders [ = Tapamam] Tabuaimanu [ = Tapamamu] Tagiti (Bonecheo's name for Tahiti). 8. Tahaa (on same reef with Raiatea; volcanic origin; 1936 ft. (high; inhab.; many islets on n. side; about half the (size of Raiatea and not so fertile; Otaha (about 15 mi. circ. Otahau Islets include, Fatufatu, Motea, Tautu, Otahaw Toahotu;-many of them are wooded. 2. Tahiti (33 mi. long; high (Mt. Orohena 7320 ft.); wooded; (guava bush (introduced) has spread over much of the (land; inhab.; tops of most of the mtns. and ridges (barren in Cook's time. (Natives had tame hogs, dogs (and fowls when Cook was there in 1769. He said "wild (fowls" were scarce and confined to a few species." (Dogs, pigs and fowls occur in a wild state in the mtns. Amat (Isla d') Islets: Fenua ino. George's. Mapeti King George. Motu NonO (wooded) Nouvelle Cythere Motu uta Otahaitee Nansouti Many small coral Otaheite Oputotara islets on n. coast, Otaheitee Tiere and covered with Sagittaria Veriararu coconuts. Tagiti Taiahu (islet on e. reef of Huaheine. Taoro [ = Taoru] Taoru (islet of Raiatea. Tapamanoa [= Tapamamu]