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thick tropical jungle. They saw a couj)le of fine donkeys and al)ont a dozen pigs ; 

 the latter being very common. The trees at first were large and covered entirely 

 with moss. Farther on they were uml)rella-shape, covered with moss and orchids, 

 and so interlaced with vines, etc., that it was impossible to force a passage throngh 

 them. They proceeded here along a donkey and pig trail, which led to fresh water. 

 They found several mnddy pools where the pigs came to wallow, and the whole 

 country was so damp that they conld not light a fire. Beck killed a small pig and 

 brought back the hind quarters. 



Sept. 30. — Skinned a few birds that Beck and Harris had brought along, then 

 got up anchor and headed for Sullivan Bay (James) -, wind being very light. 



Oct. 1. — Vessel in about the same position as yesterday, there being no wind. 

 In the evening quite a breeze sprang up, and we sailed along nicely. 



Oct. 2. — Arrived at Sullivan Bay early in the morning. A more barren place 

 conld scarcely be imagined. Hardly an3-thing was to be seen except rough bare 

 lava. The vessel lay-to while we went ashore. We got into a little green patch 

 and collected about forty birds, which were in very poor plnmage, due to moulting 

 in part. 



Oct. 3. — There was a good breeze in the morning, and we beat along the N.E. 

 end of Indefatigable Island, making short tacks ; looking for the Pnerta-de- 

 I'Aguada, which was put down as being somewhere on this end. We came to 

 anchor on the Gordon Hocks, on the east end of the island, in ly fathoms of water, 

 about 3 p.m. AVhile coming to this anchorage we sighted a small boat with men in 

 it near the shore, and it caused considerable excitement — they being the first we 

 had seen in four months. As soon as things were fixed on board the skiff was got 

 out, and Harris, Hull and myself went over to find the little craft, which had 

 disappeared behind a small island near the mainland. It soon reappeared, and we 

 saw it contained three men. We got alongside in a few minutes, and in response 

 to our query, "Speak English?" one replied, "I used to"; and we saw that 

 he was an Englishman. He said that his name was Thomas Levick ; that he had 

 lived on the islands for 29 years, and now belonged to a small colony which had 

 been started two months since on C'harles, or, as he called it, Florianua Island. 

 He was now on a short trip among the islands ; had been out IT days, and was to 

 start back for (Charles almost immediately. With him were two men : one an old 

 Portngnese, who could speak some English, and the other a Sonth American. We 

 invited them aboard. It was readily accepted, and we all had supper during the 

 evening. Mr. Levick gave us the following information. " Terrapin or tortoise 

 were eartremely common on the southern end of Albemarle, and there had been 

 some on Indefatigable, James, Abingdon, and Duncan ; bnt they had been abont 

 exterminated on all these islands. That dogs, fierce and large, were abundant 

 on James, C!hatham and Indefatigable. That there was a large fresh-water lake, 

 and that limes, plantain and other fruit grew on the high mountains in the centre 

 of Indefatigable. That Barrington was infested with goats. That Charles Island, 

 the finest of the group, had for a long time been nninhabited, on account of a certain 

 old Spaniard having been killed there by convicts. It possessed fresh water, pigs, 

 cattle, donkeys, fruit, etc., and was going to be rapidly colonised. That Chatliam 

 had a large plantation of sugar cane and refineries for its manufacture. That the 

 population of ('hatham consisted mostly of convicts, but that the soldiers there kept 

 them in check. That the wateriug-jilace was on the S.E. end instead of the N.E. 

 end of Indefatigable." (We tasted some of the water that came from there, and it 



