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fpom being dashed to pieces among the precipices would have been httle 

 short of a miracle. We were however fortunate in the weather, which 

 continued very fine, and thought ourselves amply repaid for any risk 

 by the sublimity of the scene. Near the point of the cape is a small 

 erection, which we afterwards learned to be the depository of a bottle, 

 in which it is customary for visitors to place their names. I regretted 

 that I was not aware of the circumstance at the time, having reason to 

 believe that it was the first instance of the ascent having been accom- 

 plished by a lady. We returned on board about 1 1 o'clock at night. 

 The sailors had found some fine young gulls of a very large species, 

 two of which I succeeded in taking home alive, and they are now in the 

 Zoological Society's Garden, Regent's Park. The quantity of fish they 

 consumed was something wonderful, and made their keep rather a 

 serious matter. 



The following day was windy and unfavourable for dredging, in 

 the evening we anchored to remain over Sunday in Kielvig, a small 

 bay, surrounded by precipitous mountains apparently inaccessible, but 

 not so in reality, as we experienced no great diflSculty in scaling the 

 ascent and taking a walk upon the high tableland. At the extremity 

 of the bay was a little level ground in terraces, formed by ancient sea 

 beaches, allowing space for a church, a house, and a very few cottages. 

 The occupier of the house was very civil to us, and spoke a few words 

 of English ; from him we learned that service in the church was only 

 performed occasionally, the visits of the clergyman being made at 

 distant intervals. The trade of the place consisted as usual in the 

 curing of stock-fish. Upon the beach I picked up a large Fusus, since 

 ascertained to be the true F. Islnudicun of Chemnitz. It is more than 

 double the length of adult specimens, from the same locality, of 

 the British species, [F. gracilis of Costa,) supposed by Middenderf and 

 the author of the British Mollusca to be a variety of it ; it contained 

 the animal, and had evidently been brought in by one of the fishing 

 boats. 



On the 16th of July, I went out in the boat to dredge, when 

 I obtained little, only one small shell, probably a Cardium, with which 

 I was not acquainted. Set sail at 10 a.m. ; as soon as clear of the land 

 lay-to to dredge. The dredge was first put down in 34 fathoms 

 which produced very little ; next in 50 fathoms, from which it brought 

 up a quantity of beautiful coral, fEe(ipora,J and Serpula Vitrea ; the 

 third time it found bottom in 90 fathoms, the depth increasing rapidly 

 to 150, from it we obtained specimens (one each), of Biiceinum Dalei, 

 and B. Fusiforme ; also a fine live coral, of which some years ago I pro- 

 cured a crushed specimen, or rather part of one, from the deep water 



