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INDEX. 



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Earthquakes in groups of 

 atolls . . . 125, 126 



in Navigator arch. . 168 I 



East Indian arch., recently 



elevated .... 169 | 

 Easter ..... iSS 

 Echequier . . . . 211 ! 



Ehrenberg, on the banks of 



the Red Sea . . 81, 245 i 

 on depths at which corals 



live in the Red Sea . no 

 on corals preferring the 



surf . . . .^7 

 on the antiquity of certain 



corals. . . .96 

 Eimeo . . . . .189 

 Elevated reef of Mauritius . 77 

 Elevations, recent proofs of . 164 



immense areas of . 178, 179 



Eli vi . . . . .214 



Elizabeth isld. . . 98 



recently elevated . 165, 176 



Elizabeth isld. . . .188 

 El lice group . . . .203 

 Encircled islds. , their height. 66 



geol. composition 6S, 70, 71 



Eoua, description of . . 167 

 Eoua ..... 200 

 Erupted matter probably not 

 associated with thick masses 

 of coral-rock . . . 149 



168, 175 

 . 214 

 . 197 

 . 215 



246, 247 

 . 207 



Fais, recently elevated 



Fiats 



Fanning 



Farallon de Medinilla 



Farsan group 



Fataka . 



Fiji arch. .... 202 



Fish, feeding on corals . ; 30 



Fish killed in Keeling lagoon 



by heavy rain . . 36 



Fissures across coral-islds. . 126 

 Fitzroy, Capt. , on a submerged 



shed at Keeling atoll . . 34 

 — — on an inundation in the 



Low arch. . . . 124 



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194 

 222 

 256 

 216 

 229 



122 

 209 

 217 



Flint 



Flores ..... 

 Florida .... 



Folger ..... 

 Formosa .... 

 Forster, theory of coral-forma- 

 tions .... 

 Frederick reef 



Freewill .... 

 Friendly group recently ele- 

 vated . . . 167, 177 

 Friendly arch. . . .200 

 Fringing-reefs, absent where 



coast precipitous . 73, 74 

 breached in front of 



streams 

 described by MM. Quoy 



and Gaimard 

 not closely attached to 



shelving coasts . . 



of east coast of Africa . 



of Cuba . . 



of Mauritius . 



on worn down banks of 



rock .... 



on banks of sediment 



their appearance when 



elevated 

 their growth influenced 



by currents 

 by shallowness of sea 



90 

 165 



75 

 79 

 7S 

 73 



80 

 81 



77 



81 

 80 



Galapagos arch. 



Galega . 



Gambier islds., section of 



Gambler islds. 



Gardner 



Gaspar-Rico . 



Geological composition 



coral-formations 

 Gilbert arch. 

 Gilolo . • 

 Gloriosa 

 Gloucester isld. 

 Glover reef . 

 Gomez . 

 Gouap . 



. 188 

 • 236 

 . 69 

 . 189 

 . 196 

 . 205 

 of 

 [48, 149 

 . 204 

 . 219 

 . 236 

 . 124 

 . 260 

 . 188 

 . 214 



