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supplies of food and water could be brought iu each day. It 

 would probably be more economical to have this work done by 

 laborei's, as they could probably be secured from Albemarle Is- 

 land at a small cost. Unfortunately our expedition was not fi- 

 nanced in a way to make this possible. 



Southeast Side. 



The place visited on this side of the island, is situated about 

 seven miles east of Academy Bay, the region just described. It 

 is dangerous for vessels to anchor here, except during calm, 

 weather, as there is a strong swell at other times. We visited 

 this place during the month of October, and were greatly incon- 

 venienced by the violent rocking of the vessel at times. There 

 are several hidden reefs between the anchorage and the shore, on 

 which the swell breaks heavily at times. One has to use care in 

 going in and out in a small boat when there is even a slight 

 swell, because it is liable to break in unexpected places. A small 

 crater stands near the shore at this place. Broad sand beaches 

 border the shore, back of which there is a sandy basin containing 

 pools of brackish water. There is supposed to be fresh water in 

 this vicinity but we were unable to find it. 



With the exception of a few ravines in the vicinity of the 

 shore, the country is comparatively smooth for some distance 

 inland, and is covered with a fair amount of soil. Farther in- 

 land, above an elevation of 200 ft., there are beds of more re- 

 cent lava which has been piled up in places forming low ridges- 

 and valleys. Several small craters are located about four miles 

 inland, between 400 and 500 ft. elevation, which rise on an av- 

 erage of about 100 ft. above the surrounding country. The 

 country to the right of these craters is rough and covered with 

 irregular masses of lava, while to the left it is comparatively 

 smooth. The country was not visited beyond these craters, but 

 it appeared from the top of the one fartherest inland, to have no- 

 pronounced irregularities in it as it sloped gradually up to the 

 base of the craters in the central part of the island. 



Rhizophora Mangle occurs in isolated patches along the shore^ 

 but there are no large swamps of it, probably due to the fact 

 that the surf breaks here much of the time. Quite a number of 

 other species of plants grow on the beaches among which are 

 Coldenia Darwini, Cryptocarpus pyriformis, Heliotropium cur- 



