STRUCTURE OF CORAL ISLANDS. 



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were so tame that we took them from the trees as if they had 

 been their flowers. 



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HENUAKE, OR HONUEN. 



Jarvis's and Swain's Islands (Figs. 3 and 4) are of still 

 smaller size, and have no lagoon. The surface of the former 



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FAKAAFO, OR BOWDITCH S ISLAND. 



is sandy, while the latter is densely covered with foliage. 

 Both islands are a little depressed about the centre, a fact 

 indicating that there was formerly a lagoon. 



