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A NATURALIST ON THE "CHALLENGER." 



species of Gannet and no Gygis ; bnt a Frigate Bird, the same 

 Noddy, the same two Gannets, and the " Wideawake " breed 

 there together as at Ascension, and also one of the species of 

 " Tropic Birds " of Ascension. 



After a halt at Porto Praya, and St. Vincent Cape Verde 

 Islands, the ship was steered for England, bnt being long 

 delayed by contrary winds, had to put into Vigo for more 

 coals before it reached the Channel, and anchored at Spithead 

 in the evening of May 24th, 1876. 



