ABSTRACT

A pril 1st, 1 8 3 6 . We arrived in view o f the Keeling or Cocos Islands, situated in the Indian ocean, and about six hundred miles distant from the coast o f Sumatra. This is one o f the lagoon islands o f coral formation, similar to those we passed in the Dangerous Archipelago. An excellent idea o f the general appearance o f these extraordinary rings of land, which rise out o f the depths o f the ocean, may be obtained from the characteristic sketch o f Whitsunday Island, in Beechey’s Voyage.