Pelew Islands, twenty-six in number, of coral formation, and surrounded by reefs; are in the extreme W. of the Caroline Archipelago in the North Pacific, and SE. of the Philippines. They belong to Spain; are small but fertile, and have a healthy climate. The natives are Malays, and though gentle lead a savage life.
Population (circa 1900) given as 10,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Peleus * Pelham