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INDEX. 



DAN 



Banger islands, 205 

 Depths, 



at which reef-building corals 

 live, 107 



at Mauritius, the Red Sea, 

 and in the Maldiva ar- 

 chipelago, 112 

 at which other corals and coral- 

 lines can live, 115 

 Dhalac group, 251 

 Diego Garcia, slow growth of reefs, 



92 

 Dimensions of the larger groups of 



atolls, 120 

 Disseverment of the Maldiva atolls, 



and theory of, 50, 140 

 Distribution of coral-reefs, 80 

 Domingo, St., 262 

 Dory Port, recently elevated, 177 

 Dory Port, 225 

 Duchassaing on rapid growth of 



corals, 107 

 Buff's islands, 216 

 Burour, 220 



Eap, 222 

 Earthquakes, 



at Keeling atoll. 24 



in groups of atolls, 129 



in Navigator archipelago, 176 

 East Indian archipelago recently 



elevated, 177 

 Easter, 198 

 Echequier, 220 

 Ehrenberg, 



on the banks of the Eed Sea, 

 78, 250 



on depth at which corals live 

 in the Eed Sea, 112 



on corals preferring the surf, 85 



on the antiquity of certain 

 corals, 95 

 Eimeo, 199 



Elevated Reef of Mauritius, 74 

 Elevations, recent, 



proofs of, 173 



immense areas of, 187 

 Elivi, 222 

 Elizabeth island, 98 



recently elevated, 174, 183 



FRI 



Elizabeth island, 198 



Ellice group, 212 



Encircled islands, 

 their height, 62 

 their geological composition, 

 63, 68 



Eoua, description of, 175 



Eoua, 210 



Erupted matter, probably not asso- 

 ciated with thick masses of 

 coral rock, 154 



Fais recently elevated, 177, 189 



Eais, 222 



Fanning, 206 



Farallon de Medinilla, 224 



Earsan Group, 252 



FataJca, 216 



Eidji archipelago, 211 



Fish, 



feeding on corals, 19 



killed in Keeling lagoon by 



heavy rain, 26 

 Fissures across coral islands, 129, 



252 

 FitzRoy, Capt., 



on a submerged shed at Keeling 



atoll, 24 

 on an inundation in the Low 



archipelago, 127 

 Flint, 204 

 Elores, 230, 259 

 Florida, 264 

 Folger, 225 

 Formosa, 237 

 Forster, theory of coral formations, 



124 

 Frederic reef, 217 

 Freewill, 226 

 Friendly group recently elevated, 



175, 183 

 Friendly archipelago, 209 

 Fringing-reefs 



absent where coast precipitous, 



69 

 breached in front of streams, 



88 

 described by MM. Quoy and 



Gaimard, 173 



