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In Brooks Island, which was the best of the three as regards 
harbor, the encircling reef is 18 miles in circumference. On the 
west-north-we st side, for three miles, the reef is mostly wanting, 
there are 3 to 10 fathoms water. At the northwest point 
iets are breakers ; and then from there, along by the east side, for 
4} miles, there is a steep wall of com pact coral rock, of about 5 feet 
ele evation, and only 6 to 20 feet wide, where examined ; beyond 
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and southwestern sides s, there is again a oousinare ons pr for 43 
miles. There is no vegetation along the wall. ether this wall 
indicates an elevation of the island or not, it is difficult to say. It 
is more probable that there has been a subsidence of four or five 
feet, and that the wall is only the ruins of the coral rock that 
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Sopp cree Welles Harbor—is rather larger than that of Hon- 
olulu (of Oahu), and as safe, but has not quite as much water on 
he bar—the depth being from 21 7 16 feet at low water. The 
entrance between the reefs is 800 feet. On the southwest reef there 
is a small island, called Middle Behnke Island, whose aon point 
is 15 feet above the e sea; its vegetation is shrubs and g The 
lagoon is 2 miles long and 14 miles in its greatest eiith,” “hare 
are many clumps of coral with a = 2 fathoms over them; but the — 
rest of the bottom is of white : 
Turtle abound on the island, gue seals were seen only oceasion- 
ally. Birds were very numerous, and the oung — were so 
onthem. There is but Bear guano, and this is cecbably owing 
to the condition of the 
Ocean Island is much Tike Brooks, in having a wall of coral rock 
on its northwest, north and east sides ; the north side reef is at low 
tide level, There i is no ship aakrence to the lagoon. There i is a 
The circumference of the reef is 42 miles, the renee: 
fast to west being 16 miles, and that from north to south 16 
mhiles 
es Eruption “a the Volcano of Colima in June, 1869 ; ;* by Dr. 
Cuartus RIvus.—To the northwest of the town of Colima 
rise, Sieve omen mountains, two lofty volcanic peaks, the more 
easterly, capped with snow, being metres (12,434 feet) in 
: the 
(11,745 feet). The latter had an eruption in the year 1818, but 
Since remained in repose, though thin clouds of smoke have 
i it. 
the 12th June, 1869, a dense smoke issued from the crater, 
and at siebs a bright light was visible at its mouth; detonations 
* Smithsonian Report, 1869, p. 423 
