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parts of the coast are represented as fringed by reefs. — Manipa 

 Island, between Ceram and Bourou, in an old MS. chart in 

 the Admiralty, is fringed by a very irregular reef, partly dry 

 at low water, which I do not doubt is of coral formation ; 

 both islands coloured red. — Bourou : parts of this island 

 appear fringed by coral-reefs, namely, the eastern coast, as 

 seen in Freycinet's chart ; and Cajeli Bay, which is said by 

 Horsburgh (vol. ii. p. 630) to be lined by coral-reefs, that 

 stretch out a little way, and have only a few feet of water on 

 them. In several charts, portions of the islands forming the 

 Amboina Group are fringed by reefs ; for instance, Noessa, 

 Harenca, and Ucaster, in Freycinet's charts. The above- 

 mentioned islands have been coloured red, although the 

 evidence is not very satisfactory. — North of Bourou the 

 parallel line of the Xulla Isles extends : I have not been 

 able to find out anything about them, excepting that Hors- 

 burgh (vol. ii. p. 543) says that the northern shore is sur- 

 rounded by a reef at the distance of two or three miles; 

 uncoloured. — Mysol Group : the Kanary Islands are said by 

 Forrest (Voyage, p. 130) to be divided from each other by 

 deep straits, and are lined with coral- rocks ; coloured red. — 

 Guebe, lying between Waigiou and Gilolo, is engraved as if 

 fringed ; and it is said by Freycinet, that all the soundings 

 under five fathoms were on coral ; coloured red. — Gilolo : in 

 a chart published by Dalrymple, the numerous islands on the 

 western, southern (Batchian and the Strait of Patientia), 

 and eastern sides appear fringed by narrow reefs ; these reefs,. 

 I suppose, are of coral, for it is said in Malte Brun (vol. xii. 

 p. 156), ' sur les cotes (of Batchian), comme dans la plupart 

 des lies de cet archipel, il y a des rocs de madrepores d'une 

 beaute et d'une variete infinies.' Forrest, also (p. 50), says 

 Seland, near Batchian, is a little island with reefs of coral ; 

 coloured red. — Morty Island (north of Gilolo) : Horsburgh 

 (vol. ii. p. 506) says the northern coast is lined by reefs, 

 projecting one or two miles, and having no soundings close 



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