PELEW ISLANDS (Ger. Palauinseln, also Palao)  , a See also:

• GROUP

group of twenty-six islands in the western Pacific Ocean, between 2° 35' and 9° N., and 1300 4' and 1340 40' E., belonging to See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany . They See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie within a See also:

• CORAL

coral barrier See also:

• REEF (1)

reef, and in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south the islands are of coral, but in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of volcanic rocks . They are well wooded, the See also:

• CLIMATE

climate is healthy, and the See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

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

supply See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good . A few rats and bats represent the indigenous mammals, but 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 is See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich in See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish and molluscs; and Dr See also:

• OTTO

Otto Finsch (Journ. See also:

• DES

des Museum Godeffroy, 1875) enumerated 56 See also:

• SPECIES

species of birds, of which 12 are See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar to the group . The See also:

• TOTAL

total See also:

• AREA

area is 175 sq . M., the largest islands being Babeltop (Babelthuap, Baobeltaob and other variants), Uruktapi (Urukthopel), Korror, Nyaur, Peleliu and Eilmalk (Irakong) . The See also:

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

population is about 3100 . The natives are Micronesians, and are darker and shorter than their kinsmen, the See also:

• CAROLINE
• CAROLINE (1683-1737)

Caroline Islanders . They usually have the frizzly See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair of the Melanesians, and paint their bodies in brilliant See also:

• COLOURS, MILITARY

colours, especially yellow . The men vary in height from 5 ft. to 5 ft . 5 in., the See also:

• WOMEN

women from 4 ft . 9 W .

5 ft . 2 in . The See also:

• SKULL

skull shows a strong tendency to brachycephalism . Two curious customs may be noted—the institution of an See also:

• HONOURABLE (Fr. honorable, from Lat. honorabilis, worthy of honour)

honourable See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order bestowed by the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, called klilt; and a species of mutual aid society, sometimes confined to women, and possessing considerable See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence . There are five kinds of currency in the islands, consisting of beads of See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass and See also:

• ENAMEL (formerly " amel," derived through the Fr. amail, emmll, esmail, from a Latin word smaltum, first found in a 9th-century life of Leo IV.)

enamel, to which a supernatural origin is ascribed . The islands were sighted in 1543 by Ruy See also:

• LOPEZ, CARLOS ANTONIO (1790-1862)

Lopez de Villalobos, who named them the Arrecifos . The origin of the name Islas Palaos is doubtful . The islands were bought by Germany from See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain in 1899, and are administered together with the western Carolines, Yap being the administrative centre . See K . See also:

• SEMPER, GOTTFRIED (1803–1879)

Semper, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Palau-Inseln (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1873) ; J . S . Kubary, Die sozialen Einrichtungen der Palauer (See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, 1885) ; A .

A . See also:

• MARCHE
• MARCHE, or LA MARCHE

Marche, Lu¢on et Palouan (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1887) .