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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 

 Patientid), 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 les plupart des iles de cet archipel, il y a de 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 to them ; I have left it 

 uncoloured, although, as in some former cases, it ought 

 probably to be pale blue. — Celebes. The western and 

 northern coasts appear in the charts to be bold and with- 

 out reefs. Near the extreme northern point, however, an 

 islet in the Straits of Limbe, and parts of the adjoining 

 shore, appear to be fringed : the east side of the bay 

 of ManadO) has deep water, and is fringed by sand and 

 coral (Astrol. Voyage, Hydrog. Part, pp. 453-4); this 

 extreme point, therefore, I have coloured red. — Of the 

 islands leading from this point to Magindanao, I have 

 not been able to find any account, except of Seranganz] 

 which appears surrounded by narrow reefs ; and Forrest 

 {Voyage, p. 164) speaks of coral on its shores; I have, 

 therefore, coloured this island red. To the eastward of 

 this chain lie several islands ; of which I cannot find any 

 account, except of Karkalang, which is said by Horsburgh 

 (vol. ii. p. 504) to be lined by a dangerous reef, projecting 

 several miles from the northern shore ; not coloured. 



Islands near Timor. — The account of the following 



