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The reef flat enclosing the islands of Furnadu (PL 44, fig. 1) and Faru- 

 kolu 1 is nearly two miles wide and four in length ; the islands are separated 

 by a wide reef flat with islets and sand banks thrown up on the outer 

 edge of the eastern face. At the extremities of the central part of the reef 

 fiat a small shallow lagoon has been formed. The western face of the 

 reef flat is covered with patches of flourishing corals. The two islands 

 are hook-shaped ; the narrow deep bays formed by the extension of the 

 hooks or spits to the north and south enclose a shallow part of the reef 

 flats, indicating clearly how the shallow sinks of such islands as Kuludu 

 and Kendikolu are formed. Such sinks or lagoons or rather shallow 

 enclosed bays of parts of the reef flats must not be confounded with the 

 enclosed lagoons of faros of such islands as Nalanclu, Milandu, and the 

 small crescent-shaped islands to the south or the larger crescent-shaped 

 islands on the northeastern horn of Tiladummati. Sinks or enclosed bays 

 like those of Kuludu exist on Makandudu and to the north in Kuludu Faro, 

 and the two extremities of Filadu. In the northern faros, as in Kuludu, 

 these sinks occur on faros or atolls where the lagoons are well developed, 

 plainly showing the distinct differences in the mode of formation of the two. 



The northwestern point of Makandudu is flanked by a large pile of coral 

 boulders and beach rock slabs on the east face, exposed to the northeast 

 monsoon ; the island is bounded by steep coral shingle beaches. The island 

 is steep to with a small shallow sink in the central part of the island. 



The southern face of Milandu is wasting away; off the beach great 

 clumps of trees and bushes are standing on the reef flat. The coral 

 shingle has been driven by the southwest monsoon far in between the 

 clumps of trees and bushes. Milandu is a narrow crescent-shaped island, 

 somewhat dumb-bell-shaped ; it lies on the outer edge of the eastern reef 

 flat which forms the eastern rim of the shallow lagoon enclosed between 

 it and the western rim flat. On the chart the greatest depth of the lagoon 

 is marked as two fathoms ; its light green color would not indicate even 

 that depth. The western rim flat connecting the horns of the island is quite 

 shallow, the sea breaking over the greater part of it. The horns of the 

 island have extended westward somewhat beyond the position indicated 



1 Gardiner, he. cit., p. 391, fig. 99. 



