374 THE CORAL LANDS OF THE PACIFIC. 



If anybody thinks this a dreamer's vision, let him take a 

 Mercator's chart of the world, and observing the exact posi- 

 tion of Australia and New Zealand in regard to the islands of 

 the great South Sea, he will see at once the commercial impor- 

 tance of Coral Lands, and understand the reason why I ask 

 the question, Is nothing to be done ? 



