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INDEX. 



KEP 



Keppell, Capt., on the reefs and ele- 

 vation of Celebes, 228 

 Kumi, 237 



Lace active group, 241 



Ladrones or Marianas, recently ele- 

 vated, 177 



Ladrones archipelago, 224 



Lagoon of Keeling atoll, 17 



Lagoons, 



bordered by inclined ledges 

 and walls, and theory of their 

 formation, 41, 137 

 of small atolls filled up with 

 sediment, 42 



Lagoon-channels within barrier 

 reefs, 59 



Lagoon-reefs, all submerged in some 

 atolls, and all rising to the 

 surface in others, 90 



Lancaster reef, 203 



Latte, 210 



Lauglan islands, 218 



Ledges round certain lagoons, 41, 

 137 



Lette, 228 



Lighthouse reef, 262 



Lloyd, Mr., on corals refixing them- 

 selves, 105 



Loo Choo, recently elevated, 179 



Loo Choo, 238 



Louisiade, 217 



Low archipelago, alleged proofs of 

 its recent elevation, 168 



Low archipelago, 198 



Lowness of coral islands, 120 



Loyalty Group, 217 



Lucepara, 234 



Lutke, Adm., on fissures across 

 coral-islands, 129 



Luzon recently elevated, 178 



Luzon, 235 



Lyell, Sir C, 



on channels into the lagoons of 



atolls, 39 

 on the lowness of their leeward 



sides, 145 

 on the antiquity of certain 

 corals, 96 



MAT 



Lyell, Sir C. 



on the apparent continuity of 



distinct coral-islands, 154 

 on the recently elevated beds of 



the Red Sea, 181 



MacAskill Islands, formed of up- 

 raised coral rock, 189, 222 

 Macassar strait, 231 

 Macclesfield bank, 239 

 Madagascar, 



quick growth of corals at, 104 



madreporitic rock of, 179 

 Madagascar, 245 

 Madjiko-sima, 237 

 Madura (Java), 231 

 Madura (India), 240 

 Mahlos Mahdoo, theory of formation, 



141 

 Malacca recently elevated, 178 

 Malacca, 234 

 Malcolmson, Dr., 



on recent elevation of E. coast 

 of India, 179 



on recent elevation of Camaran 

 island, 180 

 Maiden, 204 

 Maldiva atolls, 



and theory of their formation, 

 43, 138, 140 



steepness of their flanks, 30 



growth of coral at, 103 

 Maldiva archipelago, 241 

 Mangaia island, 



recently elevated, 174, 183 

 Mangaia, 203 

 Mangs, 224 



Marianas, recently elevated, 177 

 Mariana archipelago, 224 

 Mariere, 223 

 Marquesas, 201 



Marquesas, subsidence of, 163, 201 

 Marshall archipelago, 213 

 Marshall island, 225 

 Martinique, 263 

 Martires, 223 

 Mary's, St., in Madagascar, harbour 



made in reefs, 88 

 Mary island, 206 

 Matilda atoll, 101 



