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but it does not occur in the woods at present. He also talks of 

 the '"'' Hwartzea pennata, Jajo," which was possibly Swartzia 

 pinnata, Willd., sometimes cultivated in Brazil. 



The animals collected by this expedition are in the British 

 Museum. They include the skint, dove, tyrant, and also Thysa- 

 nodactylus lineatus, a large lizard not known now to occur in the 

 island ; but as the expedition collected at other places, it is quite 

 possible that this specimen may have been collected elsewhere 

 and mislabelled. Mr. Webster reaiained on the island a month. 



The ' Beagle ' lauded its crew on the island on Feb . 20, 1832, 

 and Mr. Darwin visited the Peak and made geological notes 

 upon it, and also collected a number of plants, now in the Cam- 

 bridge Museum. He says " the whole island is covered with 

 wood, but from the dryness of the climate there is no appearance 

 of luxuriance." 



In 1871, H.M.S ' Bristol ' visited the island to take some alti- 

 tudes, and Dr. Eattray published an account of the geology in the 

 Geological Society's Quarterly Journal, vol. xxviii. pp. 31-34, and 

 a pt^pular account of the island in the Geographical Society's 

 Journal. Of these it will be sufficient to say that the geological 

 account and map are erroneous and misleading — the phonolite 

 being spoken of throughout as granite, and the so-called granite 

 being marked on spots where basalt only occurs, while " tertiary 

 conglomerates " are recorded from various spots and correlated 

 with those on the mainland of Brazil. What was intended by 

 these " tertiary conglomerates " is not clear, but probably masses 

 of basaltic beach-pebbles cemented together by gypsum, which 

 occur in some at least of the spots where the tertiary conglo- 

 merates were found. 



In Sept. 1873, H.M.S. ' Challenger ' arrived at the island with 

 intention of exploring it, but being unarmed with the requisite 

 authority, were refused permission. Prof Moseley, however, 

 succeeded in obtaining a few plants, both from the main island 

 and from St. Michael's Mount, which were described and figured 

 in the Voyage of the ' Challenger ' Eeport, Botany, pt. ii., by 

 Mr. Hemsley*. The officers of the 'Challenger' also took 

 soundings at various distances from the ship, and dredged at 

 some little distance from it. The animals obtained are in the 

 British Museum ; the plants were divided betw een that institu- 



* For an account of tliis visit, 6ee Jouru. Linn. Soc. xiv. (1875), pp. 359-362. 



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