General notes on South Pacific island groups
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-183- Cherry [= Anuda]. Chucupia [= Tucopia] . Combermere [ = Nanounha]. Deni [= Sta. Cruz]. Direction [= Manevai]. Disappointment: Monterey. Netepa. Tuamaco. 1200 ft. high; well wooded; inhab. (have bows and poisoned arrows, but said to be friendly. Largest of Duff group. Duff group: Wilson group. small ids., 17 mi. in extent, consist of vol- canic rocks, the eastermost covered with trees; inhab. Ids. are: Bass, Disappoint- ment, Obelisk, Treasurers, etc. Edgecombe [= Tapua]. Edgecumbe [= Tapua]. Egmont [= Sta. Cruz]. Fataka: Mitre. 2 mi. long;consists of 2 hills and a rock; "steep and covered with wood," or "bare of vege- tation" according to another source; un- inhab., but visited by natives of Tucopia, "who catch birds and sharks." Fenualoa: 4 1/2 x 3/4 mi. or 1 1/2 by less than 1 mi.; 100- 200 ft. high; e. side bold, with bluff on n. e. coast; extensive reefs; inhab. Fenu loa [= Fenualoa' ?] . Garden [= Temotu]. Huerta [= Temotu]. Kennedy [= Motuiti].