vi PREFACE. 



Hydrographei% for advice and loan of scientific instruments ; to Dr David Sharp 

 for taking charge of the insect collections; to Sir John Murray, K.C.B., 

 Prof Judd and Prof Agassiz for advice and assistance in many ways ; and 

 indeed to all kind friends and contributors for their aid. 



Above all I wish to acknowledge the great obligations of myself and my 

 party to Mr Adam Sedgwick for his great assistance and very active interest 

 in the progress and work of the expedition. 



In the work I was voluntarily assisted by Mr L. A. Borradaile (Selwyn 

 College) and Mr C. Forster Cooper (Trinity College), who have largely contributed 

 to whatever measure of success may have been attained. During five weeks 

 in March and April, 1900, Mr Forster Cooper took charge of the work single- 

 handed at a time when I was incapacitated by fever. My thanks are also 

 due to Capt. Molony, S.S. Ileafaee, for his help in surveying Suvadiva and 

 Addu atolls; and further to Mr Geo. Sheldrake, in charge of S.S. Thrunscoe, 

 during our visit stranded on Minikoi, for practical help on many occasions. 



J. STANLEY GARDINER. 



Atiffust, 1901. 



