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ISLAND LIFE 



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The whole group occupies a space of about 300 by 200 

 miles. It consists of five large and twelve small islands ; 

 the largest (Albemarle Island) being about eighty miles 



MAP OF THE GALAPAGOS AND ADJACENT COASTS OF SOUTH AMERICA. 



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

 The figures show the depth in fathoms. 



long and of very irregular shape, while the four next in 

 importance — Chatham, Indefatigable, James, and Nar- 

 borough Islands, are each about twenty-five or thirty miles 



