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foamed all around. What the final result was^ we 

 could not clearl}^ make out. 



Many water snakes were seen here^ swimming* 

 about on the surface ; and one of Uvo chasing- each 

 other and playing' about the ship was shot by 

 Captain Stanley from his cabin window^ and broug-ht 

 on board. It appeared to be of the genus HypotrophiSy 

 and measured 37 i inches in length 5 it had a pair 

 of minute poison fangs on each side of the upper 

 jaw ) the colour was a du^ty g*reenish with numerous 

 pale narrow bands. 



July IQtli, — The pinnace having returned yester- 

 day and reported a clear passage for the ship to 

 the Avestward close in-shore^ we got under weigh and 

 returned on the same line by which we had come 

 out^ anchoring- for the night in 19 fathoms water^ 

 under Observation Eeef II. Next day we rounded 

 Brierly Island from the eastward^ passed between 

 it and Joannet Island^ and after running a few miles 

 further to the westward^ anchored in 80 fathoms — 

 15 miles W.N.W. from Brierly Island^ and two 

 miles from the nearest of the Calvados Group. In 

 passing* Brierly Island the place appeared to be 

 deserted. AVe saw a single canoe hauled uji on the 

 beach^ but no natives. 



On July 18th, after standing to the westward 

 32 miles^ we hauled out south^ and anchored in 22 

 fathoms^ about eight miles from the nearest of the 

 Calvados. We remained at this ancliorao*e for the 

 next three days. One day we were visited by a 



