General notes on South Pacific island groups
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-180- Tegua: 3 1/2 mi. diam.; circular id. in middle of Torres Middle. group, with peak 643 ft. high; inhab.; Torga. mission station here. Is 2 1/2 mi. s. e. of Hiw. Tog: 8-9 mi. circ., flat-topped; "600" or "896" or "901" Pukapuka ft. high; steep and bluff in most places, with South. coast cliffs; inhab.; mission station here. Toga. Toga [= Tog]. Torga [= Tegua]. Torres group: 5 ids. of coral formation; inhab.; little Ababa. water; Hiw is 1200 ft. high, others much Alaba. lower; geologically recent; Melanesian Avava. mission station here. Ids. are: Hiw (or Baba. North), Lo (or Saddle), Metoma (betw. Vava. Middle and North), Tegua (or Middle), and Tog (or South). Ureparapara: 12 mi. circ.; 2440 ft. high; volcanic; mtn. Bligh. wooded; e. side fertile, but w. side more Norharbar. steep and rocky; coconuts abound; inhab.; mission station here. Has 12 ? islets. Valua: 6 mi. long; 1465 ft. high; n. e. side is bold and Mota Lava. rocky; Mota Lava is the s. part, where Saddle. 965 ft. high (a rocky bluff); fertile, wooded; inhab.; mission station here. Cattle, goats, fowls, and ducks are raised.