Corals and coral islands.

414 APPENDIX. 4. THOMAS SQUARE WELL, S. OF PUNCH- 6. ICE CO. (SASS') WELL, S. OF PUNCHBOWL. BOWL. Thick- Depth. ness. I Soil 6, black sand 6, clay 4 CORAL... Brown clay.. CORAI..... Brown clay.. WHITE CORAL,. Brown clay.. Bed-rock or lava... 16 200 44 10 60 50 80 49 216 260 270 330 380 460 509 I I Soil 4, black sand 10 CORAL.. Brown clay... CORAL.. Clay... CORAL.. Clay.. Lava, bed-rock. Thick- Depth. ness. Depth. 14 200 214 38 252 25 277 40 317 80 397 53 450 53 503.... 5. WARD'S, S. OF PUNCHBOWL. I Soil and sand... CORAL... Yellow clay.. HARD CORAL... Yellow clay.. CORAL. White and yellow clay, sand... Lava.... Thickness. 15 20)4 4 1 109 23 111 4 Depth. 219 260 261 370 393 504 508 7. WILCOX, S. OF PUNCHBOWL. Thick- D ness. Soil 4, black sand 6.. 10 CORAL..50 Hard lava (fr. Rocky Hill ) 40 Clay....... 30 CORAL....... 120 Clay....... 30 CORAL... 70 Clay........ 100 Bowlders, clay, gravel. 85 Lava bowlders 40, clay 45 85 Lava or bed-rock... 40 epth. 60 100 130 250 280 350 150 *35 120 360 I I.. _ 2. ARTESIAN WELLS SOUTHWEST OF ROCKY IILL. 8. DILLINGHAM WELL. Thickness. Loam, gravel, clay.. 90 CORAL....... 40 Clay....... 60 CORAL....... 20 Clay, black sand... 40 Lava (fr. Rocky Hill 1). 50 Depth. 130 190 210 250 300 9. DAIRY WELL (SOUTHERN). Thick- Depth. Soil, sand, clay... 60 CORAL....... 10 70 Clay... 35 105 CORAL (clay 5 incl.).. 100 205 Black clay...... 25 230 CORAL. 10 240 Clay 30, sand, gravel. 40 280 Lava, black (fr. Rocky Hill,)....... 10 290 S 10. DAIRY WELL (NORTHERN). Thick- epth ness. pth. Soil, clay... Bowlder clay. CORAL and clay. CORAL. Clay, sand, gravel Bed-rock, lava 30 90 15 10 25 43 i 120 135 145 170 213 11. MARQUES WELL. Thick- D Depth. ness. Earth... 10 Sandy, soft CORAL... 20 30 Lava, layers of gravel.. 40 70 Clay....... 0 100 Lava in layers.... 195 295

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Corals and coral islands.
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Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895.
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New York,: Dodd, Mead and company
[1890]
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Coral reefs and islands
Corals

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