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ISLAND LIFE 



PART II 



from any other land, and the depth of the ocean around 

 them, make them typical examples of the class. We 

 should therefore expect them to be equally typical in their 

 fauna and flora ; and this is the case as regards the most 

 important characteristics, although in some points of detail 

 they present exceptional phenomena. 



OUTLINE MAP OF THE AZORES. 



Note. — The light tint shows where the sea is less than 1,000 fathoms deep. 

 The dark tint ,, ,, ,, more than 1,000 fathoms deep. 



The figures show depths in fathoms. 



Chief Zoological Features of the Azores?- — The great 

 feature of oceanic islands — the absence of all indigenous 

 land-mammalia and amphibia — is well shown in this 



^ For most of the facts as to the zoology and botany of these islands, I 

 am indebted to Mr. Godman's valuable work — Natural History of the 

 Azores or Western Islands, by Frederick Du Cane Godman, FcL.S., F.Z.S., 

 &c., London, 1870. 



