General notes on South Pacific island groups
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Apee [= Api ]. Api: 25 x 6-10 mi. wide; 2800 ft. high; e. coast is a series Apee. Epi. of bold rocky bluffs; densely wooded; fresh water Tasako. Tasico. lagoon on w. side of Cape Cone, where "large quan- Tasiko. Volcano. tities of ducks" were reported (but none found in Aug. and Nov.); densely inhab. (now quite friendly). Islets are La Menu (n. w. side), Namuka (s. side), Paama (n. w. side). Arabi: islet off Tangoa (not Tongoa), on s. side of Espiritu Santo; 1 mi. diam.; has distinct steps of lime- stone cliffs to flat top, 830 ft. high; s. w. side of precipitous; inhab. Arag: 34 x 6 mi.; 2000 to "3065" ft. high; hills clothed from Aragh Aragh. base to summit with heavy vegetation, and Bougainville. Pentecost. broken by ravines; well watered by streams; in- Pentecoste. hab. (have bad reputation at s. w. corner of Pentecote. Whitsun. id., and caution is needed in dealing with them Whitsun- at other parts). Missionaries are working here. tide. Aragh [= Arag ]. Aragh Aragh [= Arag ]. Araki [= Arabi ]. Arambaugh: apparently near the Maskelyne Ids. Tommy's. Asore [= Tanna ]. Atchin: 3/4 mi. x 670 yards; 120 ft. high; inhab. Near Walo Islet on n. coast of Malekula. Aurora [= Maiwo ].