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HELLER 



Under the command of Captain Wm. P. Noyes the schooner 

 sailed from San Francisco October 30, 1898. The first island 

 touched at was Guadalupe which was reached November 5 and 

 a single day devoted to exploring its southern extremity. Clip- 

 perton Island, a coral atoll, situated in latitude 11'^ N. and re- 

 markable from being the only coral island in the Eastern Pacific, 

 was visited November 22 and two days spent upon it. 



On December 10 the Galapagos Archipelago was reached. 

 On this date Culpepper Island was sighted and a landing ef- 

 fected the same day on its northeast side at the base of a talus 

 slope to which all the collecting was limited, most of the island 

 being inaccessible. Only one day was given to its exploration. 

 The next day, December 11, we arrived at Wenman Island 

 and remained in its immediate vicinity till December 20, mak- 

 ing occasional landings whenever the weather permitted. The 

 greater part of our collecting was confined to a low, flat topped 

 island situated north of the main island. Albemarle Island was 

 reached December 28, 1898, and the time from the 28th to the 

 31st was spent in exploring the region about Iguana Cove. 

 From Iguana Cove we sailed northward to Narboro stopping 

 one day en route at Webb Cove, near Point Christopher, Albe- 

 marle Island. The north coast of Narboro was explored on 

 January 5 and 6, 1899, and the central volcano climbed to the 

 summit of the crater's northern rim. The next stop was at 

 Tagus Cove, Albemarle Island, where we anchored January 8 

 and remained a month at our anchorage. Explorations were 

 made of the region about the cove, the western slopes of the 

 adjacent volcano from sea level to summit of crater, and the 

 eastern coast of Narboro. Leaving our anchorage at Tagus 

 Cove on February 9 for Elizabeth Bay we arrived and anchored 

 there on the 12th and remained till the 26th. Both coasts of the 

 bay and the lower slopes of the two central volcanoes were ex- 

 plored. March 4 found us again at Iguana Cove where two 

 days were spent in further exploration of the same region. On 

 March 10 we again dropped anchor at Tagus Cove after cir- 

 cumnavigating Narboro and revisited much of the territory 

 previously explored. Leaving this anchorage March 27 we 

 anchored again, next day, at Mangrove Point, Narboro Island. 



