INDEX 



Abbott's booby, 300, 343 

 Abit, buiichahan, 54 

 Agar-agar, 122 



Agassiz, Prof. A., Dc\r win's letters 

 to, 217 

 on formation of submarine 



banks, 225 

 on volcanic basis of atolls, 216 

 Age of coral zooids, 105 

 Alci/onacece, 58 

 Aldrich, Captain, visit. to Christmas 



Island, 42 

 Alexander Clunies, 7 

 Algse, effects of, on coral growth, 

 113, 122, 125, 194 

 effects of, on silting of lagoon, 



194 

 growth of, in lagoon, 189 

 Andrew Ross, 38, 42, 286 

 Annexation of islands to Ceylon, 37 

 to Great Britain, 28 

 to the Straits Settlements, 40 

 Ants, 306, 355 



Asexual reproduction of corals, 71 

 Atoll, description of, 135 

 Atollons, formation of, 269 

 Atolls, " miniature," in lagoon, 252 

 Australia, cable route to, 147 

 Australian horse ships, visits of, 24 

 Ayesha, wife of George Olunies- 

 Ross, 44 



Banchahan, 54 



Bands, effects of, when placed round 



coral branches, 115 

 Banks, submarine, 221 



Baracouta, 322, 347 

 Barometric readings, 208 

 Barrier, formation of, 253 



outer edge of, 155 



slope of, 156 



structure of, 151 



windward, 163 

 Barrier pools, coral growth in, 91 



124 

 Barrier reefs, formation of, 278 

 Basin-shaped reefs, 251 

 Basset-Smith on bathymetrical 

 range of corals, 239 



on deep-water corals, 245 

 Bathymetrical limits of corals, 239 



caused by sedimentation, 242 

 Bats, 312, 337 

 Batu Dua, 195 

 Batu Satu, 195 

 Beaches, lagoon, 172 



seaward, 168 

 Beagle, visit of, to atoll, 20 



voyage of, 216 

 Beche-de-mer, 330 



as sand-producers, 165 

 Beetles, 306, 357 



Best man, at wedding ceremony, 52 

 Betrothal, formalities of, 49 

 Bibliography, 381 

 Birch, Mr. E. W., visit to atoll, 37 

 Birds, introduced, 299 



species of, 338 



tameness of, 300 

 Birgus latro, 316, 368 

 Birth, customs connected with, 46 

 Blora, visit of, to atoll, 16 

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