Pelew Islands

/ piːˈluː /

plural noun

The cult of the frigate-bird is characteristic of Melanesia, and apparently also extends to the Pelew Islands.

The inhabitants of the Pelew Islands, we are told, eat only the eggs of their hens, and not the flesh.

The paucity of quadrupeds, and the abundance of tropical vegetables is common to the Pelew Islands, and the whole of Polynesia.

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