Show chae of ilna christmas island in the indian ocean to la a curious place according to the description of 0 mr charles W andrews an who recently it the island to Is entirely covered with forests except on the vertical faces ace of 0 the cliff and ferus and cree creepers peri beautify I 1 its is scenery the cai anat la in delightful all the year round hut but some of the inhabitants inhabitant are not ao 90 among these are swarms of rats rata bad aid many varieties varl etlea of land crabs creba the robber crab abounds and when mr andrews sat aaa down for a abort time anywhere in the forest numbers number of those these crabs could be ba seen approaching they readily climb trees treba in n search earch tf of food about 40 people now live on oa island iland has hae ben been found to be b well suited for coffed growing |