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INDEX. 



Muladu, 101, PI. 54, fig. 1 



Mulaku, 118, Pis. 1, 5; 86, figs. 13, 15, 18; 64, fig. 

 1; 65 



Absence of islands on west face of, 121 



Bottom deposits of, 163 



Corals on inner flats of, 121 



Depth of lagoon of, 118 



Faros and rings in lagoon of, 119, 120 



Faros in outer faces of, 119 



Eeef flats on east face of, 119 



Resemblance of, to Pacific atolls, 119 



Similar to atolls of single line, 119 



Transverse dikes of boulders at, 120 

 Munafuri, 128 



Muradu (West Tiladummati), 82, 93, Pis. 45 ; 40, 

 fig. 1 



Change in islands of, 93 



No pass into lagoon of, 94 

 Muradu (Northeast Tiladummati), 96, PI. 48, fig. 1 

 Murdu, 102 

 Murray, Sir John, 



Bottom deposits of the Maldives, 152 

 Mutalifoori, 63, PI. 24, fig. 1 



Nadale, 138 



Nalandu, 90, PI. 44, fig. 2 



Sink of, bare at low water, 90 



Lagoon and sink of, conected, 90 

 Naguri, 94, Pis. 46, fig. 2 ; 47 



Peculiar shape of, 94 

 Naraka, 126, PI. 66 

 Nipafura, PI. 60, fig. 2 

 Noliwang Faro, 83, 96 

 Nomuka group reefs, 2 



North Male, 36, Pis. 1, 3, 4 ; 8n, fig. 6 ; 8 b, figs. 11, 

 19; 8 c, fig. 24; 9-18; 19, fig. 1 



Absence of vegetation on west face of, 52 



Bottom deposits of, 152 



Bottom of lagoon of, 43, 49 



Central sink of islands in lagoon of, 44 



Corals on faros of, 46 



Corals on slopes of island in lagoon of, 44 



Depth of lagoon of, 43 



Open northern extremity of, 51 



Passage of rings to islands in, 47 



Passes into, 49 



Purity of water of lagoon of, 44 



Rings and faros of, 42, 45, 46 



Soundings in, 49 



Temperature of lagoon of, 150 



Vegetation of islands of lagoon of, 44 



Wooded islands in, 41 

 North Malosmadulu, 65, Pis. 1, 3 ; 8 o, fig. 5 ; 8 6, 

 fig. 9 ; 8 c, fig. 26 ; 30 ; 31, fig. 1 



Bottom deposits of, 162 



Depth of, 71 



Dunes at, 67 



North Malosmadulu — Continued 



East face of, 69 



Enlargement of velus of, 67 



"Jungle of reefs " in, 67, 68 



Large islands on east face of, 65 



Open at northern extremity, 65 



Sand encroaching on vegetation of, 67 



Southwest part of, clear, 66 



Temperature of lagoon of, 151 



Vegetation of east face of, 71 



Vegetation of islands of, 68 



Wide passes into, 66 

 North Nilandu, 107, Pis. 1, 4, 5 ; 8 6, fig. 14 ; 59-61 ; 

 78, fig. 1 



Banks with velus in, 108 



Channel between South and, 108 



Cusps on west face of, 108 



East face of, 108 



Elevation of parts of outer rim of, 109 



Islands in interior of, 107 



Rim of, 107 



Well-defined reef platforms of, 110 

 Nu, 91 

 Numara, 91 

 Nuriwari, 96 



Olugeri, 61 



Pelagic Fauna of the Maldives, 155 



Peremul Par, 6 



Phares, 129 



Piti Bank, 5 



Powell Islands, 58, 71 



Isolated atolls of, 58 

 Powell, Lieutenant, survey of Maldives, 1 

 Prentice, Lieutenant, on disappearance of an island 



in the Maldives, 84 

 Pteropod ooze, 24 



Rakidu, 115 



Narrow lagoon along, 116 

 Rasdu, 102, Pis. 1, 4 



Depths of atoll of, 102 

 Rasmadu, 70 

 Roongelly, 69 



Sesostris Bank, 6, PI. 8 



Soundings taken by the "Amra," 12, 29, Pis. 1-8 c 

 Across Ariyaddu Channel, 21, 30, Pi. 86, fig. 14 

 Across Central Basin of the Maldives, 13, 19, 

 30, 33, Pis. 8a, fig. 5; 8 6, figs. 12, 13; 8c, 

 28 

 Across Equatorial Channel, 26, 31, Pi. 8 c, fig. 23 

 Across Gallandu Channel, 12, .34, PI. 8 a, fig. 3 

 Across Fadiflblu to Miladumraadulu, 16, 34, 



PI. 8 a, fig. 4 

 Across Fulidu Channel, 20, 32, PI. 86, fig. 16 



