CORALS

AND

CORAL ISLANDS.

BY

JAMES D. DANA, LL.D.,

PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY IN YALE COLLEGE; AUTHOR OF REPORTS IN
CONNECTION WITH THE WILKES UNITED STATES EXPLORING EXPEDITION,

ON GEOLOGY, ZOOPHYTES, AND CRUSTACEA; OF A SYSTEM OF
MINERALOGY; MANUAL OF GEOLOGY, ETC.

Third Edition,

WITH VARIOUS EMENDATIONS, LARGE ADDITIONS, THREE NEW
MAPS, AND four NEW COLORED PLATES.

"We wandered where the dreamy palm
Murmured above the sleeping wave;
And, through the waters clear and calm,
Looked down into the coral cave."

J. C. P., U. S. N. Expl. Expd.

NEW YORK:

DODD, MEAD, AND COMPANY,

PUBLISHERS.