340 
INDEX. 
MAD 
Madagascar, 
quick growth of corals at, 
104 
madreporitic rock of, 181 
Madagascar, 252 
Madjiko-sima, 243 
Madura (India), 247, 260 
Madura (Java), 236 
Mahlos Mahdoo, theory of for- 
mation, 144 
Maitea, 202 
Malacca recently elevated, 180 
Malacca, 239 
Malcolmson, Dr., 
on recent elevation of E. 
coast of India, 181 
on recent elevation of Cama- 
ran island, 183 
Malden, 207 
Maldiva atolls, 
and theory of their forma- 
tion, 44, 141, 142 
steepness of their flanks, 30 
growth of coral at, 103 
Maldiva archipelago, 247 
Mangaia island, 
recently elevated, 176, 186 
Mangaia, 205 
Mangs, 230 
Manouai island, 204 
Marianas, recently elevated, 179 
Mariana archipelago, 229 
Mariere, 228 
Marquesas, subsidence of, 165 
Marquesas, 203 
Marshall archipelago, 218 
Marshall island, 230 
Martinique, L74 
Martires, 228 
Mary’s, St., in Madagascar, har- 
bour made in reefs, 88 
Mary island, 208 
Masdmarhu island, sections of, 
[319] 
Matilda atoll, 101 
Mauki island, 204 
Mauritius, 
fringing-reefs of, 69, 71 
depths at which corals there 
live, 110 
NEW 
Mauritius, 
recently elevated, 181 
Mauritius, 248 
Maurua, section of, 65 
Maurua, 202 
Menchicoff atoll, 28, 146 
Mendana isles, 203, 221 
Mendana island, subsidence of, 
165 
Metia, 98, 123, 176, 186 
Mexico, gulf of, 269 
Millepora complanata at Keeling 
atoll, 10 
Mindoro, 241 
Mohilla, 252 
Mopeha, 203 
Moresby, Capt., on boring through 
coral reefs, 99 
Morty, 233 
Mosquito coast, 273 
Murray, Mr., on the structure 
and origin of coral reefs 
and islands, [283] 
quantity of carbonate of 
lime present in ocean 
water, [284] 
lateral spreading of coral 
reefs, [285] 
solvent action of sea-water, 
[285] 
summary of conclusions, 
[286] 
Musquillo atoll, 146 
Mysol, 232 
Namourrek group, 145 
Natunas, 240 
Navigator archipelago, elevation 
of, 178 
Navigator archipelago, 211 
Nederlandisch islands, 216 
Nelson, Lieut., 
on the consolidation of coral- 
rock, under water, 98 
theory of coral formations, 
127 
on the Bermuda islands, 
275 
New Britain, 224 
