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theories is wholly satisfactory, it was possible to review the history 

 of the island in its essential features. The lecture was illustrated with 

 numerous maps, diagrams, and photographs of reefs and corals and the 

 more general landscape features. These were supplemented with pic- 

 tures of natives and their homes. 



The paper will appear in the Proceedings of the American Philosophical 

 Society. It was discussed by Dr. T. Wayland Vaughan. 



A. A. DooLiTTLE, Recording Secretary. 



