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whole of Bohol; which are both coloured red. On the S. 

 shore of Magindanao^ Bunwoot Isld. is surrounded (accord- 

 ing to Forrest, Voyage^ p. 253) by a coral-reef, which in the 

 chart appears one of the fringing class. With respect to 

 the eastern coasts of the whole Archipelago, I have not 

 been able to obtain any account. 



Babuyan Islands. — Horsburgh says (vol. ii. p. 442), 

 coral-reefs line the shores of the harbour in Fuga; and 

 the charts show there are other reefs about these islands. 

 Camiguin has its shore in parts lined by coral-rock 

 (Horsburgh, p. 443) ; about a mile off shore there is 

 between 30 and 35 fathoms. The plan of Port San Pio 

 Quinto shows that its shores are fringed with coral ; 

 coloured red. — Bashee Islands : Horsburgh, speaking of 

 the southern part of the group (vol. ii. p. 445), says the 

 shores of both islands are fortified by a reef, and through 

 some of the gaps in it, the natives can pass in their 

 boats in fine weather; the bottom near the land is coral- 

 rock. From the published charts, it is evident that several 

 of these islands are most regularly fringed; coloured red. 

 The northern islands are left uncoloured, as I have been 

 unable to find any account of them. — Formosa. The 

 shores, especially the western one, seem chiefly composed 

 of mud and sand, and I cannot make out that they are 

 anywhere lined by reefs ; except in a harbour (Horsburgh, 

 vol. ii. p. 449) at the extreme northern point : hence, of 

 course, the whole of this island is left uncoloured. The 

 small adjoining islands are in the same case. — Patchow, 

 or Madjiko-Sima Groups. Patchuson has been described 

 by Capt. Broughton {Voy. to the N. Pacific^ p. 191); he 

 says, the boats, with some difficulty, found a passage 

 through the coral-reefs, which extend along the coast, nearly 

 half a mile off it. The boats were well sheltered within the 



