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” Fe ee ne LEE ET TL LL A Le a a a aa eA enema. 
Notes on the Meteorology and Natural History 
of a Guano Island. 
By W. A. Drxoy, F.C.S. 
[ Read before the Royal Society of N.S.W., 3 October, 1877.] 
Havine, during a residence on Malden Island extending over 
two and a half years, from October, 1866, to March, 1869, made 
serv: 
ob ions on various subjects, I have eevee 
that it might interest spe bers of t 
I placed them on reco have only a superficial kigwisslite 
in lat. ee 6 ont ae, 154° 58’ W., and at that. time was unin- 
habited, though there were signs of previous occu ation. The 
native name of the ens accordin to the traditions of the i in- 
thatthe reowl? a been washed off the island. Appearances 
did warrant this assertion, however, though it seemed as if 
the net had at oe time made a breach over one spot, and such 
an occurrence may have induced the inhabitants to abandon a 
place mean ew attractions. 
In form the island is piecmcise and according to a rough 
the bank of the —~ rises, formed of cmwne coral 8 madre- 
pores thrown up p by th e waves. This bank differs in construction 
on the different sides of the island, the north and south sides, 
