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(3565) Yellowish white. vesicular stone. soft. consisting of small particles of shells & Corals. intimately united & blended together

(3566) do. containing angular irregular patches of compact yellowish Carb of Lime. which apparently have been a lamelliform Coral with the cells. completely filled up. —

(3567) compact yellowish almost Crystalline fracture. Cast of Lime. probably Coral petrified.

(3568) Astrea. the commonest Coral. block on the outer coast

(3569) do. more compact. perhaps other species.

(3570: 71: 72.) do more or less altered & approaching to the character of the yellow Carb: of Lime

(3573. 3574.) The next most abundant kind; the latter partially petrified; sub-branched. —

(3575) Perhaps a distinct species. not uncommon but more so than the foregoing one. (.3574). Probably same species. partially petrified. —

Mem. the pink encrusting Corallina.

All the Corals. Lamelliform: No

A Lagoon Island a map of Carb: of Lime. – rock. shell. Corals & sand. —

[sketch] a b c

This sheet is a totally different kind of paper from CUL-DAR41.40-46, which are all watermarked "W FINCHER 1835"; this paper is watermarked "BEN PICARDO 4" and is torn in half in the same manner as CUL-DAR41.46. See: Paper types used by Darwin during the voyage of the Beagle.

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(b) To irregularity of [recoil] tide cause?¹

Beach of lagoon sand. —

Mem: anecdote of heavy rain. killing all the Fish

Mem: Capt. Fitz Roys idea of Fish causing Coral sand.

Largest fragments about 2 ft. square. by 18 inches deep: —

Mem: all Islands in Atlantic Volcanic: therefore we must expect. that such would happen here. —

The Breccia. very solid. – shell fragments. a good many branching Coral. from. reef. —

(3577) The hard. sonorous cemented petrified Breccia quite white. —

3578 — white petrified Coral. from superficial solid floor

3579. together with compact calcareous Sandstone

3580. Mass composed of layers of a pinkish cellaria (NB. there is a pretty scarlet Corallina there)

Capt Ross

3581. From large rounded fragment in Breccia of a compact solid Greenstone

3582 Astrea converted into snow white Calcareous rock glittering Crystall. fracture & part converted into a ferruginous — Calcareous stones

(3585) The 2d (or equal) most abundant Coral same as (3573) Its large proportionate quantity is perhaps partly owing to being thrown furthest. —

¹ (b) probably refers to the sketch on 14.

Capt Ross ... thrown furthest. —] pencil.