The countries of the world : being a popular description of the various continents, islands, rivers, seas, and peoples of the globe . A COKAL GKOVE. Fly, saw such a scene, and with his graphic description I may conclude this sketch ofthe Coral Reefs. Round masses of meandima (brain coral) and atilrcea were contrastedwith delicate leaf-like and cup-shaped expansions of , and with an infinite varietyof branching madrejwne and serialojiorai j some with mere finger-shaped projections, otherswith large branching stems, and others again exhibiting an elegant assemblage of inter-lacings of
The countries of the world : being a popular description of the various continents, islands, rivers, seas, and peoples of the globe . A COKAL GKOVE. Fly, saw such a scene, and with his graphic description I may conclude this sketch ofthe Coral Reefs. Round masses of meandima (brain coral) and atilrcea were contrastedwith delicate leaf-like and cup-shaped expansions of , and with an infinite varietyof branching madrejwne and serialojiorai j some with mere finger-shaped projections, otherswith large branching stems, and others again exhibiting an elegant assemblage of inter-lacings of the most excellent workmanship. Their colours were unrivalled, vivid greenscontrasting with more sober browns and yellows, mingled with rich shades of purple,from pale pink to deep blue. Bright red, yellow, and peach-coloured niilliporoB clothedthese masses that were dead, mingled with beautifully pearly flakes of eschara and retn)ora: THE COKAL EEEFS—HOAV FOK>rED. 13. COCOA-NlT TREES (CocOS lUlcjliM) OF TAHITI. the latter looking like lace-work in ivory. In among the branches of the corals, likebirds among trees, floated many beantiful fish, radiant with metallic greens and cnmsons,or fantastically branded with black and yellow stripes. Patches of clear white sand were 14 TIIK COrXTRIES OF THE W(JI;L1). seen here and tliere for tlie lloor, with dark hollows and recesses beneath overhanging-masses and ledges. * As there is no distinct division hetwecn a coral and a volcanic island—it hcing amere accident when the two are not comhined—we may defer any notice of the greatvolcanoes and hot springs of these i)arts of the world until we reach the islands in whichthese are found. IMeantime, a few words may be appropriately introduced in tliis i)laceregarding the plants and animals characteristic of these islands, and which are thrciughoutthem so verj^ much alike. Plaxts and Animals. The general climate, rich volcanic soil of many of them, and the abun
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