Excerpt from Through Atolls: And Islands in Great South Sea
Formation of coral reefs - Atolls or lagoon islands The Milli atoll - Coral gardens - The lagoon islanders - Food and dress - The water difficulty -the old navigators - Jaluit, the German metro polis-the embryo city - A small paradise - Jaluit lagoon - Lagoon island products - The work of the polyp - Pearls and pearl oysterssienfs.
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