hVDEX. 



345 



Ladrones, elevations in, 294 



Lafu, 263 



Lagoon, a freshwater, at the island 



of Quiros, 242 

 Lagoons of atolls, 147, 148 

 Lasso-cells, 13, 14 

 Leptogorgia, 63 



Level, changes of, in the Pacific, 272 

 Life and death in concurrent pro- 

 gress, 70 

 Lime in sea-water, 75 

 Limestones, formation of, 299 



,, beds of, with living 



margins, 301 

 ,, thick strata of, 301 

 ,, subsidence essential to 

 the makinij of thick 

 strata of, 301 

 ,, deep sea, from coral 

 reef debris, rarely 

 made, 302 

 ., rate of increase of, 309 

 ,, unfossiliferous, 302 

 , , difference of continental 

 and modern oceanic, 

 302 

 ,, consolidation of, 305 

 Lisiansky, soundings by, 139 



,, on islands northwest of 

 Kauai, 261 

 Lixo coral reef. 1 1 1 

 Logs on coral islands, 245 

 Los Guedes, 262 

 Los Matelotas, 262 

 Ldochoo, 266 

 Louisiade Group, 264 

 Loyalty Group, 263 

 Lucina Pennsylvanica, 177 

 McAsKiLL Islands, 261 

 Mackenzie Island, 262, 295 

 Madagascar reefs, 268 

 McKean's Island, 248, 253, 2 

 Madrepora aspera, 29, 50 

 ,, formosa, 51 



,, cribripora, 50, 94 



,, of wreck, amount of con- 



tribution from, to reef, 

 213 

 Madreporacea, distribution of, 85 

 Madreporaria, 42 

 Mseandrina cerebriformis. See 



Diploria 

 Mseandrina clivosa, rate of growth 



of, 98, 215 

 Maeandrina labyrinthica, 43, 98 



Magnesia in corals, 75 



Mahlos Mahdoo Atoll, 154 



Maitea, 260 



Maiana, 134, 294 



Makin, 134 



Maiden's Island, 248, 290 



Maldives, 130, 131, 139, 153, 268 



,, map of, 152 

 Mangaia, elevation of, 287 

 Marakei, 134, 295 

 Mangaia, 260 

 Manhii, 165 

 Manopora, 52 

 Manual, 288 

 Margaret, 160 

 Marquesas, 259, 278 

 Marshall Islands, 137, 148, 295 

 Matea, dolomitic nature of coral 



rock of, 307 

 Maui, elevation of, 293 

 Mauke, 260, 288 

 Melitsea, 66 



Menchicoff Island, 137, 230 

 Mendana, 262 

 Metia, 131, 158, 286 

 Metridhim marginatum, lasso-cell, 13 

 Millepora alcicornis, 79, 80 

 Mitiaro, 260, 296 

 Minerals of coral islands, 248 

 Mobius, K., on lasso-cells, 13 

 Molluccas, 265 

 Molokai, elevation of, 292 

 Montipora, 52 

 Moresby, Capt. on the Maldives and 



Chagos Bank, 139, 153, 157 

 Mountain chains buried in the ocean, 



314 

 Mud of channels and lagoons, 113 



120, 147—149, 197 

 Muricaea, 64 

 Mussa, 43 



Nairsa, 136, 166, 285 

 Namuka, 289 



Navigator Group, 260, 279, 289 

 Necker Island, 261 

 Nelson, on Bermudas, 183 



,, on the Bahamas, 176 — 178 

 Nettling Cells, 13 

 New Britain, 264 

 New Caledonia reefs, 105, 106, ii8, 



263 

 New Guinea, 264 

 New Hebrides, 262 

 New Ireland, 264 

 Newmarket, 292 



