General notes on South Pacific island groups
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-32- Ngamia: Ngamea. Ngasi mbali: islet; low; but hill at each end 60 ft. high; has palms; uninhabited; off Kandavu. NGau: 11x2\frac{1}{2} mi.; with 16 mi. barrier reef on w. side; various Angau. Angasa. Gau. Goa. Neow. Nhao. Nyau. ranges of hills and peeks; Dilathoa peak 2345 ft. high; densely wooded in middle ans s. parts; reeds, ferns, and grass at north; 27 mi. s.e. of Ovalau. At the s. end is said to be "Yaciva" or "Cocoa Nut" id. Ngele levu: low coral id.; 1 mi.; 1 mi.xl200 yds.; covered with Na-Gali. Nuku Levu. Nuku Balavu. Qele Levu. cocoanut and other trees; inhabited in Ringgold Group. Ngevo: islet 463 ft. high; very rocky; thickly wooded; near Hanbury. Yamutha; on n. coast of Vanua Levu. Nggamea: Ngamea. Ngillangillah: steep, elevated lime stone id.; 510 ft. high; densely wooded; has large caverns on it; not inhabited; off n.w. end of Vanua mbalavu, in Lau Group. Ngoma: 120 ft. high; well cultivated; n.w. end terminates in a bluff 30 ft. high; off e. coast of Viti Levu.