On coral reefs and islands . eover, there is a ship-entrance through thesouthwestern reef. Maraki is one of the prettiest coral islands of the line of vegetation is unbroken; and from the mast-head itlies like a garland thrown upon the waters. The unpracticed eyescarcely perceives, in such a view, the variation from a circularform, however great it may be. The grove is partially interrupt-ed at one point, where there are indications of a former passagethrough the reef. Tari-tari is a large triangular atoll. It is wooded almost con-tinuously on the reef facing southeast, and has a f
On coral reefs and islands . eover, there is a ship-entrance through thesouthwestern reef. Maraki is one of the prettiest coral islands of the line of vegetation is unbroken; and from the mast-head itlies like a garland thrown upon the waters. The unpracticed eyescarcely perceives, in such a view, the variation from a circularform, however great it may be. The grove is partially interrupt-ed at one point, where there are indications of a former passagethrough the reef. Tari-tari is a large triangular atoll. It is wooded almost con-tinuously on the reef facing southeast, and has a few spots ofverdure on the southwest, with three entrances to the extensivelagoon. The northern side is a naked reef throughout, scarcelyapparent from a ships deck, exeept by the long line of , just north of Tari-tari, is a mere patch of coral reefwithout a lagoon. We add a few more descriptions of Pacific islands, with figuresreduced from the maps of the Expedition to a scale of four tenthsof an inch to a
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