INDEX. 



273 



FBI 



Fringing-reefs, 



not closely attached to shelving 



coasts, 72 

 of east coast of Africa, 76 

 of Cuba, 75 

 of Mauritius, 71 

 on worn-down banks of rock, 78 

 on banks of sediment, 78 

 their appearance when elevated, 



74 

 their growth influenced by cur- 

 rents, 79 

 by shallowness of sea, 77 



Galapagos archipelago, 197 



Galegd, 243 



Gambier islands, section of, 65 



Gambler islands, 199 



Gardner, 206 



Gaspar-rico, 214 



Geological composition of coral 



formations, 153 

 Gilbert archipelago, 213 

 Gilolo, 227 

 Glorioso, 243 

 Gloucester island, 128 

 Glover reef, 262 

 Gomez, 198 

 Gouap, 222 

 Goulou, 222 

 Grampus, 225 

 Gran Cocal, 212 

 Graves, on the recent elevation in 



the Bonin archipelago, 177 

 Great Chagos bank, description and 



theory of, 53, 147 

 Grey, Capt., on sand-bars, 72 



distribution of the different 



classes of reefs, 162 

 Guedes, 226 



Hales, Mr., on subsidence in the 

 Caroline archipelago, 167 



Hall, Capt. B., on Loo Choo, 178 



Halstead, Capt., elevation of eastern 

 shore of Gulf of Bengal, 179 



Harvey islands recently elevated, 

 183 



KEP 



Harvey or Cook islands, 202 

 Height of encircled islands, 61 

 Hermites, 220 

 Hogoleu, 221 



Holuthuriae feeding on corals, 20 

 Honduras, reef off, 261 

 Horn, 211 



Houtman's Abrolhos, 229 

 Huaheine, 201 

 Hull island, 205 

 Humphrey, 204 

 Hunter, 211 



Hurricanes, effects of on coral islands, 

 127 



Immaum, 250 



Independence, 212 



India, east coast, recently elevated, 



179 

 India, 250 



Irregular reefs in shallow seas, 77 

 Islets of coral-rock, their formation, 



15 

 their destruction in the Mal- 



diva atolls, 50 



Jamaica, 262 

 Jarvis, 204 



Java recently elevated, 178 

 Java, 231 



Johnston island, 206 

 Juan de Nova, 243 

 Juan de Nova {Madagascar), 246 

 Jukes, Prof., the barrier reef of 

 Australia, 64 



Kalatoa, 232 



Kamtschatka, proofs of its recent 



elevation, 186 

 Karkalang, 228 

 Keeling atoll, section of reef, 7 

 Keeling, 



south atoll, 240 



north atoll, 240 

 Keffing, 226 

 Kemin, 203, 206 

 Kennedy, 217 

 Keppel island, 210 



