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coral debris—the nucleus of some future islet. The small coral 
patches in the lagoon are all covered with a few inches of water 
at low tide. 
nis the largest islet on the reef, as shown on. the ac- 
companying sketch—a w gives name to the whole atoll. Its 
map oy the sign + pres sicita its position. On the north end of 
the islet it projects itself free from all soil or sand; and its course 
as marked, can easily be traced by its repeated outcropping. The 
we which lies on the sea side is of considerably more recent 
ormation than that on the lagoon side. The difference is very 
oe eh The ledge or embankment was formed, no doubt, 
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a, Ebon; 3, Dile; ¢, Eniaithok ; een S he Eri Mon; f, Remrol; g, Koie; 
h, Minlak; i, Enear; j, Enikaiori; & Riri; 2, Toko m, Bikri; n, Bivilil; o, Ane- 
mt P Baila; q, lu; 8, Jurith; i, Eni-armith; u, Worai- vai-thokithoks’¢ , The Komil ; 
