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Chapter 30

           Nextdaywewalkedoutwiththisinterestingman,andweremuchentertainedandinstructedbyhisconversationaswerambledthroughthecool,shadygrovesofbananas,citrons,limes,andothertrees,orsaunteredamongthecottagesofthenatives,andwatchedthemwhiletheylaboureddiligentlyinthetaro-bedsormanufacturedthetapa,ornativecloth.TosomeoftheseJackputquestions,throughthemediumofthemissionary;andtherepliesweresuchastosurpriseusattheextentoftheirknowledge.Indeed,Peterkinverytrulyremarkedthat"theyseemedtoknowaconsiderabledealmorethanJackhimself!"

           Amongotherpiecesofinterestinginformationthatweobtainedwasthefollowing,inregardtocoralformations:

           "TheislandsofthePacific,"saidourfriend,"areofthreedifferentkindsorclasses.Thoseofthefirstclassarevolcanic,mountainous,andwildsomeshootingtheirjaggedpeaksintothecloudsatanelevationoftenandfifteenthousandfeet.Thoseofthesecondclassareofcrystallisedlimestone,andvaryinheightfromonehundredtofivehundredfeet.Thehillsonthesearenotsowildorbrokenasthoseofthefirstclass,butarerichlyclothedwithvegetation,andverybeautiful.IhavenodoubtthattheCoralIslandonwhichyouwerewreckedwasoneofthisclass.Theyaresupposedtohavebeenupheavedfromthebottomoftheseabyvolcanicagency;buttheyarenotthemselvesvolcanicintheirnature,neitheraretheyofcoralformation.

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