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to the Fijis, where considerable time was spent in detailed 

 explorations. 



Leaving Kandaru on the 10th of August, the Challenger 

 proceeded to Api, one of the New Hebrides, and thence to 

 Paine Island, near the entrance to Torres Strait, a distance 

 of about 1400 miles. After this she went to Aru by way 

 of Port Albany and Cape York and then to the Ke group, 

 and on to Amboyna, which was reached on the 4th of Octo- 

 ber. 



From Amboyna the party proceeded to Ternate, and 

 thence across the Molucca Passage into the Celebes Sea, and 

 by way of the Sulu Sea to Manilla, where they arrived on the 

 4th of November. The vessel proceeded to Hong Kong, ar- 

 riving November 16, from which point the collections made 

 were forwarded to England. 



Among the more important zoological results of this sec- 

 tion of the cruise was the capture of a living pearly nautilus, 

 which was kept for some time for the purpose of studying 

 its movements and attitudes. After leaving the Ke Islands 

 some fine specimens of undescribed species of pentacrinus 

 were collected. 



At Hong Kong Captain Nares, who had been in command 

 of the vessel from the first, left, and proceeded to England 

 to take charge of the preparations for the British Arctic Ex- 

 pedition ; and the command of the vessel w r as assumed by 

 Captain Frank T. Thomson, who left Hong Kong on the 6th 

 of January, and reached Manilla on the 11th. Starting from 

 Zebu on the 14th, soundings were taken, and on arrival there 

 magnetic, tidal, and other observations made. From Zebu 

 a run was made to the volcanic island of Camiguin, for the 

 purpose of obtaining the depth of water and bottom temper- 

 ature close under the volcano. Proceeding thence, after va- 

 rious stoppages, the vessel reached Humboldt Bay, on the 

 coast of New Guinea, by the 23d of February. Here, how- 

 ever, the menacing attitude of the natives prevented landing 

 and conducting further operations. Admiralty Island and 

 Nares Harbor were reached on the evening of the 3d of March, 

 and, the natives being friendly, a survey was commenced the 

 next morning. Finding it impossible to reach Hogolu, in 

 the Caroline Islands, or Guam, in the Ladrones, the steamer 

 proceeded directly to Yokohama, from which place, arriving 



