The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes, Vol. 2

Excerpt from The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes, Vol. 2: Being the Account of the Work Carried on and of the Collections Made by an Expedition During the Years 1899 and 1900; Part II AS the first collection of Marine Mollusca of any importance that has hitherto been obtained at the Maldive Islands, that about to be described is of considerable interest. It consists of about 380 different species and probably comprises a large proportion of the forms which occur in these islands. That many have escaped notice and will eventually be collected by others is quite certain, but it seems probable that most of the larger species are represented in this collection and that it is only among the smaller and obscurer forms that many additional species will hereafter be discovered. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.