one of the Navigator's islands in the south Pacific ocean. Here M. de la Peroue, commander of the French ships the Bouffole and Astrolabe, met with his first fatal accident in 1787; M. de Langle, Langle, captain of the Astrolabe, with 11 officers and sailors, were massacred by the natives. W. Long. 169. S. Lat. 14. 19.