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his visit： 〃This island is； you know； the scene of Saint Pierre's
beautiful story of Paul and Virginia； over which I suppose most
people have sentimentalized at one time or another of their lives。
Until we reached here I did not know that the tale was like the
lady's improvera fiction founded on fact； and that Paul and
Virginia were at one time flesh and blood； and that their veritable
dust was buried at Pamplemousses in a spot considered as one of the
lions of the place； and visited as classic ground。〃
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Mr。 Darwin's coral reefs： The Structure and Distribution of Coral
Reefs； published in 1848。
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Professor Jukes （1811…1869）： an English geologist。
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Mr。 Dana （1813…1895）： a well…known American geologist and
mineralogist； a professor at Yale from 1845。 He wrote a number of
books among which is Coral and Coral Reefs。
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Jurassic period： that part of the geological series which is older
than the Cretaceous and newer than the Triassic； so called from the
predominance of rocks of this age in the Jura Mountains。 The three
great divisions of fossiliferous rocks are called the Triassic； the
Jurassic； and the Cretaceous。
REFERENCE BOOKS
The following reference books are suggested for a more complete
treatment of various points in the text：
Andrews' History of England。
Green's Short History of the English People。
Traill's Social England。
Roger's A Student's History of Philosophy。
Royce's The Spirit of Modern Philosophy。
Huxley's Life and Letters。
Smalley's Mr。 Huxley； in Scribner's Magazine for October； 1905。
Darwin's Life and Letters。
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