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Read Astrolabe's voyage M. Dumont D.Urville

Oualan, near S. Carolines described NE & SW; 678 metres

I cannot understand structure of broad encompassing reefs.

May we think the continent of which Tahiti was a peak had a peculiar vegetation & that the trade wind drifted seeds to E. Indian Isd.??

Port Dorey, New Guinea granitic axis flanked with tertiary strata of a modern date "debris [Madrepores] northern shore.— reef in a very sickly state, thinks from fresh water 8

[Quoy, Jean René Constant and Gaimard, Joseph Paul. 1830-4. Zoologie. 4 vols, in Dumont d'Urville, Jules Sébastien César, Voyage de la corvette L'Astrolabe. 12 vols. Paris. 1830-5.]

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Lessons Zoologie

Few birds or animals indigenous to Isle of France

On East coast St Helena shells 1800 ft high

Toutes les

Useful discussion on Firola Plerosonian Salfra; Many molluscous animals.—

P. 442 [Anatiss] without shells!

P. 541 Planaria

Chamisso must be very good English edition in Kotzebue's voyage
Radak islands

Constantly talks of the Caroline

[Lesson, René-Primevère and Garnot, Prosper. 1826-30. Zoologie. In Louis-Isidore Duperrey, Voyage autour du monde, executé par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, la Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. 2 vols., atlas. Paris: Arthus Bertrand.]