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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. 
Gamiguin has its shore in parts lined by coral-rock (Hors- 
burgh, p. 443) ; and about a mile off shore the depth is 
between 30 and35 fathoms. The planof Port San Pio Quinto 
shows that its shores are fringed with coral ; coloured 
red. — Bashee Islands : Horsburgh, speaking of the south- 
ern 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 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 composed chiefly 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 : Captain Broughton says (Voyage to 
the N. Pacific, p. 191) that boats, with some difficulty, can 
pass through the coral-reefs, which extend along the coast, 
nearly half a mile off it. His boats were well sheltered 
within the reef ; but it does not appear that the water is 
deep there. Outside the reef the depth is very irregular, 
varying from 5 to 50 fathoms ; the form of the land is not 
very abrupt ; coloured ve&.—Taypin-san : from the de- 
scription given by the same author (p. 195) it appears that 
a very irregular reef extends from the southern island to the 
distance of several miles ; but whether it encircles a space 
of deep water is not evident ; nor, indeed, whether these 
outlying reefs are connected with those more immediately 
