Show the islands of the raci pacific fic in addition to the two large islands recently discovered in the pacific ocean a third lias has just been discovered lying 0 less than miles from the northern coast of new guinea it has been named allison island is nearly three miles long 1 rises about feet to feet above the sea and lias has abundant timber several stretches of fertile and inhabited land some of them much larger than allison island have been found within a few years ars at a distance of or miles from the new guinea coast and similar discoveries are arc made once in a while in v argetis pai 14 of tile pacific tho t lie I 1 id f iiii i wit i is s w 1 I 1 appear to be lying close together vessels may sail among 0 these islands tor for weeks together without once coming in sight a of land so vast is the waste of waters that not long ago a crew which had been shipwrecked in the great island region region of tile tho pacific rowed north forty days before they reached hawaii the nearest land mr A R wallace valace who has traveled widely in ilia pacific has expressed the opinion that there are still a good many islands which have never yet been seen by white men now and then a pacific trader finds some new or little known island and aid opens trade with its inhabitants t a ants when the Wood lark islands wore re explored some time ago it was found that an australian firm had carefully charted llie ilia islands several years before beford D and had been quietly trading there 1 all I unknown to the alis other pacific merchants scientific american |