ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Portrait of the late George Clunies-Ross Frontispiece 



Map showing the Position of Cocos-Keeling Atoll 1 



PLATES 



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I. Bungalow of the Telegraph Station on Pidu Tikus 44. 



II. A Colony growing as a Plate-like Growth (Montipora) 74 



III. A Branching Growth approximating a Plate-like Form 



{Madrepord) 76 , 



IV. Chart of the Southern Group of Cocos-Keehng Islands 138 

 V. The Barrier Flats and Seaward Beaches of Pulu Tihis 



at Low Tide 162 

 VI. Barrier Pools left by the Fall of the Tide, Pulu Tikus 166 

 VII. The Lagoon Shore of Pulu Tikus 172 

 VIII. A Typical View of the Vegetation of the Atoll 178 

 IX. Sand-piling of the Lagoon Side of the Island, Ptru Tikus 1 80 

 X. The Lagoon from the Western End of Pulu Tikus 1 86 

 XI. A Sunset in the Lagoon 200 

 XII, A Small Colony of ^^^rceopora 250 

 Xltl. A Fractured Surface of a Piece of Barrier-flat Breccia 254 

 XIV. The Island Rise, Sea Beaches and Barrier Flats, Sea- 

 ward Side of Pulu Tikus 256 

 XV. The Raised Steps of Breccia Platform of Pulu Tikus 280 

 XVI. Krakatoa as it appears to-day 290 



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