one of the Navigators Islands, of which there are ten in number, first discovered by Bougainville, and so called by him, because the inhabitants do not pass from one village to another but in canoes. This and the other islands lie in 14° south latitude, and from 171° to 173° longitude west from Paris, according to Peroufe. Here the sugar cane is to be met with growing spontaneously; but it is said to contain less of the saccharine substance than what is produced in the West Indies. The men are possessed of uncommon strength, and tattoo their bodies in such a manner, that, although almost naked, they have the appearance at a little distance of being clothed. Ferocity and treachery are characteristic marks of this people, of which the unfortunate Peroufe had but too soon a melancholy proof, 11 out of 60 of his crew having been murdered by them, although received at first with an air of good humour. This ought to serve as a caution to future navigators, not to place implicit confidence in the apparent kindness of these savages, which is frequently the dismal prelude of ruin and destruction. Among these fell the celebrated naturalist Lamanon; see LAMANON.