WIl CORALS 



AND 



CORAL ISLANDS. 



• BY 



JAMES D. DANA, LL.D., 



PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY IN YALE COLLEGE; AUTHOR OF REPORTS, IN 

 CONNECTION WITH THE WILKES U. S. EXPLORING EXPEDITION, ON GEOLOGY, 

 ZOOPHYTES, AND CRUSTACEA ; OF A SYSTEM OF MINERALOGY ; 

 MANUAL OF GEOLOGY, ETC. 



We wandered where the dreamy palm 

 Murmured above the sleeping wave ; 



And through the waters clear and calm, 

 Looked down into the coral cave." 



J. C. P., U. S. N. Expl. Expd. 



NEW YORK: 

 DODD & MEAD, PUBLISHERS. 



No. 762 BROADWAY. 

 I 872. 



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