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CORALS ^^n^ 



CORAL ISLANDS 



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BY ^ 



JAMES D.^ANA, LL.D, 



Professor of Geology and Mineralogy in Yale College; Author of Reports, in connection 



with the IVilkes U.S. Exploring Expedition, on Geology, Zoophytes, and Crustacea : 



of a System of Mineralogy ; Manual of Geology, etc. 



' We wandered where the dreamy pahn 

 Murmured above the sleeping wave ; 

 And through the waters clear and calm, 

 Looked down into the coral cave." 



J. C. P., U.S.N Expl Exp. 



SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, LOW AND SEARLE, 



CROWN BUILDINGS, i88, FLEET STREET. 



1875. 



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