INDEX 



389 



Lagoonlets of atoll islands, 176 

 Land crabs, 31 G 



movements, 279 

 Larval forms of corals, 03 

 Le Conte on barrier reefs, 278 

 Legal code of Cocos-Keeling, 30 

 Legend concerning spirit voices, 



285 

 Leisk, 22 

 Lendenfeld, R. von, on solution 



theory, 228 

 Lepidojytera, species of, 319 

 Leptogra'psus, crabs of genus, 318 

 Level of ocean, variations of, 199 

 Lifeless areas of lagoon, 193 

 Light, influence on bathymetrical 



range of corals, 241 

 Lime, coral turned into, 191 

 *' Limiting line of sedimentation," 



238 

 Lithotha'rnnionidce, 157, 270 

 Littoral fauna, 314 

 Living corals, study of, 135 

 Lowness of islets, 139, 182 

 Luicji Raffo, ship, 39 



Macleak Deep, 148 



Madrepora, repair of damage in, 



111 

 Maniciana, embryos of, 67 

 Marine fauna, 314 

 Marriages, 49 

 Mas hawen, 49 

 Meandrine fission, 119, 74 

 Measurements of growing corals, 



69 

 Melia tessellala, did 

 Merida erythropleura, 299, 344 

 Meteorological records, 201 

 Mice, 305, 337 

 Migrant birds, 301 

 MilkporcB, 132, 179 

 Mollusca, boring in corals, 110, 126 



species of, 348 

 Monkey, arrival of, in atoll, 298 

 Monocotyledons, species of, 377 



Ilontijjora, I'epair of damage in, 



118 

 Mosquitoes, 357 



breeding in salt water, 303 

 Moths, species of, 350 

 Motile coral larvae, 64 

 Mourning customs, 56 

 Murray, Sir John, 150, 221 

 Mus Madeari, 43 

 Musical rocks, 285 



Name, customs of change of, 48 

 Native customs, 45 



rising, 33 

 Negro element in natives, 21 

 " Negro heads," 284 

 Neh Basir, 20 

 JVeuroptera, species of, 363 

 Nocturnal habits of corals, 241 

 Northerly winds, 204 

 Northern part of lagoon, 195 

 Nubia, sand formation in, 267 

 Nullijwrce, importance of, 15G 



Object of original settlement, 15 

 Observations on living corals, 60 

 Obstruction to cui rents, influence 



of, 257 

 Ocean bottom, 149 



level, alterations of, 199, 282 

 Octopuses, 331 

 Ocypoda, crabs of genus, 314 

 Ooze, deposition on ocean bottom, 



221 

 Ophichthys colubrinus, 329 

 Orhidina ooze, 149 

 Origin of fauna, 313 



of marriage ceremonies, 51 

 Original settlement, 14 

 Orthop)tera, species of, 364 

 Outer edge of barrier, 160 

 Outward growth of atolls, 277 



of yeefs, 263 



Papaijn blood in natives, 

 Pareh, 323, 347 



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