INDEX. 



269 



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Goulou . . . .214 



Grampus . . . .216 



Gra.fi Cocal .... 203 

 Great Chagos Bank, descrip- 

 tion and theory of . 58, 142 

 Grey, Capt. , on sandbars . 76 

 Grouping of the different 



classes of reefs . . .157 

 Guedes . . . .217 



Hall, Capt. B., on Loo Choo 170 

 Harvey islds., recently ele- 

 vated . . . -174 

 Height of encircled islds. . 66 

 Her mites . . . .211 

 Ha?-vey or Cook islds. . .192 

 Hogoleu .... 212 

 Holuthurise feeding on coral . 30 

 Honden isld., height of .118 

 Honduras , reef off . . 259 

 Horn ..... 202 

 Houtmari s Abrolhos . .2.2.1 

 Huaheine; alleged proofs of 



its recent elevation . . 174 

 Htiaheine . . . .191 

 Humphrey . . . . 195 

 Hunter .... 202 



Hurricanes, effects of, on 

 coral-islds. . . . 124 



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Juan de Nova {Madagascar) . 239 



Imrnaum . 



244 



Independence 



203 



India, west coast, recently 





elevated .... 



170 



India ..... 



245 



Irregular reefs in shallow seas 



80 



Islets of coral-rock, their for- 





mation .... 



26 



their destruction in 





the Maldiva atolls 



56 



Jamaica ► . . . 



261 



Jarvis ..... 



195 



Java, recently elevated . 



169 



Java ..... 



222 



Johnston isld. , , 



197 



Juan de Nova 



237 



Kalatoa .... 



Kamtschatka, proofs of its 



recent elevation . 

 Karkalang .... 

 Keeling atoll, section of reef . 

 Keeling, south atoll 



north atoll . 



Keffing 



Kemin 

 Kennedy 

 Keppel . 

 Kumi . 



194, 



223 



178 

 219 

 19 

 233 

 2 33 

 218 

 196 

 208 

 121 

 230 



Laccadive group . . . 234 

 Ladrones, or Marianas, re- 

 cently elevated . . .168 

 Ladrones arch. . . . 215 

 Lagoon of Keeling atoll . 28 



Lagoons bordered by inclined 

 ledges and walls, and theory 

 of their formation 48, 132, 133 



of small atolls filled up 



with sediment . 49, 50 

 Lagoon-channels within bar- 

 rier-reefs . . . 63, 64 

 Lagoon-reefs, all submerged 

 in some atolls, and rising to 

 the surface in others . . 92 

 Lancaster reef . . . 194 

 Latie ..... 201 

 Lauglan islds. . . . 209 

 Ledges round certain lagoons, 



48, 133 

 Lette 220 



Lighthouse reef . . . 260 

 Lloyd, Mr., on corals refixing 



themselves . . . 104 



Loo Choo, recently elevated . 170 

 Loo Choo .... 230 

 Louisiade .... 209 

 Low archipelago, alleged 



proofs of its recent elevation 162 

 Low arch. . . . .188 

 Lowness of coral-islds. . .118 

 Loyalty group . . . 208 



