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THE boring at Funafuti, according to the latest advices, had reached a depth of 643 feet. Prof. David's report is transcribed from notes made during the progress of the work, and gives his first impressions of the materials brought up, down to a depth of 557 feet, which had been reached when he quitted the island to return to his duties at Sydney, leaving the work in charge of his assistant. The latest advices informed him that the boring was arrested at 643 feet, but as it was hoped this was only for a time, we are daily expecting to hear yet more gratifying news. His last letters, received during the present week, give a few particulars of the materials pierced between 557 and 643 feet. The work, states Prof. David, often presented most.serious difficulties, which would probably have frustrated their efforts, but for the experience gained on the former occasion.
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Coral Boring at Funafuti. Nature 57, 137–138 (1897). https://doi.org/10.1038/057137a0
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