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INDEX. 



VOL 



Volcanic 



islands, with living corals on 



their shores, 81 

 matter, probably not associated 



with thick masses of coral- 

 rock, 154 

 Volcanos, 



authorities for their position on 



the map, 158 

 their presence determined by 



the movements in progress, 



184 

 absent or extinct in the areas 



of subsidence, 185 



Waigiou, 225 

 Wallis island, 211 

 Washington, 206 

 Wells' reef, 218 



Wellstead, Lieut., account of a ship 

 coated with corals, 105 



ZON 



West Indies, 



banks of sediment, fringed by 

 reefs, 78 



recently elevated, 181 

 West Indies, 255 

 "Whitsunday island, 



view of, 2 



changes in its state, 128 

 Williams, Eev. J., 



on traditions of the natives 

 regarding coral-islands, 126 



on antiquity of certain corals, 96 

 Wolchonsky, 198 

 WostocJc, 204 



Xulla islands, 227 



York island, 205 

 Yucutan, coast of, 261 



Zones of different kinds of corals out- 

 side the same reefs, 74, 89, 99. 



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