CHAPTER XIII

THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS

Position and Physical Features--Absence of Indigenous Mammalia and

Amphibia--Reptiles--Birds--Insects and Land-shells--The Keeling Islands as

Illustrating the Manner in which Oceanic Islands are Peopled--Flora of the

Galapagos--Origin of the Flora of the Galapagos--Concluding remarks

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