RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1873-1874]. Draft of Coral reefs 2d ed. CUL-DAR57.139r. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2023. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR 54-61 contain material for Darwin's book Insectivorous plants (1875).
The text of this draft corresponds to Coral reefs 2d ed., pp. 176 and 179.
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(Quarterly Journal of Geolog. Soc. 1847 p. 61)
consist wholly of coral-rock, & to have been raised by at least two distinct Distinct elevations have been elevated within a very recent period to the height of 250 feet & The shores are now fringed by reefs.
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p. 135 (A) On the opposite side of the Gulf of Bengal, Capt. Halstead everywhere found on the Ramsca Capt. Halstead everywhere found during his survey of the Burmese coast, (as he informed Sir C. Lyell) proofs of recent elevation in upraised beaches & beds of shells and corals, &
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