392 



Vegetative forms of corals, 71 

 Volcanic origin of atolls, 215 



INDEX 



Water-borne flora and fauna, 288 

 Waves as sand-producers, 166 



depth at which felt, 238 



force of, 170 

 Wedding ceremonies, 49 

 Wells of fresh water, 182, 210 

 Westerly winds, effects of, 196, 198 

 Wet days, 207 

 Whalers, visits of, 22 

 Wharton, Admiral, on soundings, 

 144 



on submarine banks, 225 

 White tern, 339 



Wilson on coral larvae, 67- 

 Wind, influence on land formation, 

 180, 261, 266 

 prevalent, 202 

 Wind-borne fauna, 307 

 Worms, boring in corals, 110 

 Wreck of ship Robert Portner, 304 

 Wrecking of settlement, 36 

 Writings of Ross I,, 24 



Zejyhyr, H.M.S., visit of, 37, 40 



Zoantharia, 58 



Zooanthellfe in coral laivse, 66 



Zooid, " dominant," 82 



Zooids, methods of division of, 71 



Zoster ops natcdis, 299, 344 



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