INDEX. 



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Nelson, Lieut., on the Ber- 

 muda islds. . . . 263 

 New Britain . . .211 



New Caledonia, steepness of 

 its reef . . . .62 



barrier-reef of 7 1 ? J 3 2 



140, 158 

 New Caledonia . . . 208 

 Netv Guinea (E. end) . .211 

 New Gttinea ( W. end) . .217 

 New Hanover . . .210 



New Hebrides, recently ele- 

 vated .... 168 

 New Hebrides . . . 205 

 New Ireland, recently elevated 168 

 New Ireland . . . 205 

 New Na7itucket . . .196 

 Nicobar islds. . . .235 

 Niouha . . . .201 

 Nulliporse at Keeling atoll . 24 



on the reefs of atolls . 42 



on barrier-reefs . . 62 



their wide distribution 



and abundance . . 115 



Objections to the theory of 



subsidence . . . 146 



Ocean islds. . , . 1 98, 204 



Ono 202 



Onouafu .... 202 

 Ormuz .... 244 



Oscar group .... 203 

 Oscillations of level 173, 174, 182 

 Ouallan i or Ualan , .212 



Ouluthy atoll . . .101 



Outong Java . . .210 



Palawan, S. W. coast 



N. W. coast . 



western bank 



Palmerston . 

 Palmyra . , 

 Paracells . 

 Paraquas 

 Pat chow 

 Pelew islds. . 

 Pemba isld. 



, 226 



. 227 

 , 232 

 . 192 

 , 197 

 . 231 

 , 232 

 . 229 

 . 214 

 singular form of 171 



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Pemba ..... 242 

 Penrhyn . . . . 194 



Peregrino . -. . .194 

 Pernambuco, bar of sandstone 



at . . . . .76 

 Persian gulf, recently elevated 172 

 Persian gulf . . . . 244 

 Pescado .... 195 

 Pescadores . . . . 230 

 Peyster group . . . 203 



Philip 214 



Philippine arch., recently ele- 

 vated .... 170 

 Philippine arch. . , . 227 

 Phcenix . . . .196 

 Piguiram . , , .213 

 Pitcairn . , . .189 

 Pitt's bank . 144 

 Pitt isld. .... 204 



Platte 236 



Pleasant .... 204 

 Porites, chief coral on margin 



of Keeling atoll . . 20 



Postillions . . . .223 

 Pouynipete . . . .160 



its probable subsidence . 161 



Pouynipete . . . .212 

 Prat as shoal . . . .231 

 Proby ..... 202 

 Providence . . . 236 



Puerto Rico . . . .261 



Pulo Anna .... 215 

 Pumice floated to coral-islds. 149 

 Pylstaart .... 200 

 Pyrard de Laval, astonish- 

 ment at the atolls in the 

 Indian Ocean . . .15 



Quoy and Gaimard, depths 

 at which corals live . .Ill 



description of reefs ap- 

 plicable only to fring- 

 ing-reefs . , .165 



Range of atolls 

 Rapa . 

 Pearson 



159 



194 



195 



