RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1870s]. CUL-DAR60.1.112r-112vr. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 6.2025. 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 the draft corresponds to Coral reefs 2d ed., p. 177.
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[added in pencil by Darwin:] (Mr Norman copy this in proper place & not on back of page)
p. 134 A (on [illeg] in proper places not on back of Page)
Peel Island, one of the Bonin or Arzobispo group, between the Marianas & Japan, has fringing reefs; & it has clearly been upraised to a height of at least 50 feet, as shown by the is ridges of corals & shells extending uniformly at this level.*††
†† P. W. Graves in Q. Journal of Geological Soc. 1855. p. 532.
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Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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