See also:

• GILBERT
• GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
• GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
• GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
• GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
• GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
• GILBERT, J
• GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
• GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
• GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
• GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
• GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
• GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )

GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS  , an extensive See also:

• ARCHIPELAGO

archipelago belonging to See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain in the See also:

• MID

mid-western Pacific Ocean, lying N. and S. of the See also:

• EQUATOR (Late Lat. aequator, from aequare, to make equal)

equator, and between 1700 and 18o° E . There are sixteen islands, all See also:

• CORAL

coral reefs or atolls, extending in See also:

• CRESCENT (Lat. crescens, growing)

crescent See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form over about five degrees of See also:

• LATITUDE (Lat. latitudo, latus, broad)

latitude . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal is Taputenea or See also:

• DRUMMOND, HENRY (1786-r86o)
• DRUMMOND, HENRY (1851-1897)
• DRUMMOND, THOMAS (r797-1840)
• DRUMMOND, WILLIAM (1585-1649)

Drummond See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island . The See also:

• SOIL

soil, mostly of coral See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand, is productive of little else than the coco-See also:

• NUT
• NUT (0. Eng. knutu, cf. Dutch noot, Ger. Nuss; allied with Gael. cno; it is not of the same form as Lat. nux)

nut See also:

• PALM (Lat. palma, Gr. iraX6.jn )
• PALM, JOHANN PHILIPP (1768-1806)

palm, and the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief source of See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply is the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea . The See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of these islands presents a remarkable phenomenon; in spite of adverse conditions of environment and See also:

• COMPLETE

complete barbarism it is exceedingly dense, in strong contradistinction to that of many other more favoured islands . The See also:

• LAND

land See also:

• AREA

area of the See also:

• GROUP

group is only 166 m., yet the population is about 30,000 . The See also:

• GILBERT
• GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
• GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
• GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
• GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
• GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
• GILBERT, J
• GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
• GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
• GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
• GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
• GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
• GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )

Gilbert islanders are a dark and coarse type of the Polynesian See also:

• RACE

race, and show signs of much See also:

• CROSSING

crossing . They are tall and stout, with an See also:

• AVERAGE

average height of 5 ft . 8 in., and are of a vigorous, energetic temperament . They are nearly always naked, but See also:

• WEAR

wear a conical See also:

• HAT

hat of pandanus See also:

• LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf . In See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war they have an See also:

• ARMOUR, PHILIP DANFORTH (1832-1901)

armour of plaited coco-nut See also:

• FIBRES
• FIBRES (or FIBERS, in American spelling; from Lat. fibra, apparently connected either with filum, thread, or findere, to split)

fibres . They are fierce fighters, their chief weapon being a See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword armed with sharks' See also:

• TEETH (O.E. Eel); plural of tooth, O.E. top)

teeth .

Their canoes are well made of coco-nut See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood boards sewn neatly together and fastened on frames . See also:

• BRITISH

British and See also:

• AMERICAN

American missionary See also:

• WORK

work has been prosecuted with some success . The large population led to the introduction of natives from these islands into See also:

• HAWAII (HAWAIIAN or SANDWICH ISLANDS)

Hawaii as labourers in 1878-1884, but they were not found satisfactory . The islands were discovered by See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• BYRON, GEORGE GORDON BYRON, 6TH BARON (1788-1824)
• BYRON, HENRY JAMES (1834-1884)
• BYRON, HON
• BYRON, JOHN BYRON

Byron in 1765 (one of them bearing his name); Captains Gilbert and See also:

• MARSHALL
• MARSHALL, ALFRED (1842– )
• MARSHALL, JOHN (1755–1835)
• MARSHALL, JOHN (1818-1891)
• MARSHALL, STEPHEN (c. 1594-1655)

Marshall visited them in 1788; and they were annexed by Great Britain in 1892 .