...platforms or terraces. 9. In these regions may be seen islands in every stage of their formation, " some presenting little more than a point or summit...presenting here and there a little bank of broken coral and sand,.over which the rolling wave occasionally breaks;" while others exist in the more advanced state...

...form and colour extend in the form of successive terraces below the water to a considerable distance. Here islands may be seen in every stage of their progress...transparent waters ; others spreading like submarine gardens . . . beneath the surface, or appearing here and there in a little bank of coral and sand over which...

...form and colour extend in the form of successive terraces below the water to a considerable distance. Here islands may be seen in every stage of their progress...transparent waters ; others spreading like submarine gardens . . . beneath the surface, or appearing here and there in a little bank of coral and sand over which...

...every stage of their progress ; some exhibiting little more than the point or summit of a coral- line pyramid, at a depth scarcely discernible through the...transparent waters ; others spreading like submarine gardens beneath the surface ; while a third class ascend, like long curved banks of sand, broken coral, or...

...successive platforms or terraces. In these regions may be sc*-n Islands in every stage of their formation : "some presenting little more than a point or summit...surface : or presenting here and there a little bank of broUeu coral ami saudy over which the ro]H ug wave Occasionally breaks;" while others exist in tho...

...successive platforms or terraces. In these regions may be seen islands in every stage of their formation : "some presenting little more than a point or summit...transparent waters; others spreading, like submarine garden* or shrubberies, beneath the surface : or presenting here and there a little bank of broken...