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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [G] 
  

  

  successful, 
  bringing 
  in 
  many 
  valuable 
  specimens. 
  Seining, 
  however, 
  

   cau 
  be 
  carried 
  on 
  to 
  a 
  limited 
  extent 
  only, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  

   bottom, 
  which, 
  if 
  not 
  rocky, 
  is 
  usually 
  dotted 
  with 
  coral 
  patches 
  or 
  frag- 
  

   ments 
  of 
  dead 
  coral 
  washed 
  up 
  by 
  the 
  sea. 
  The 
  lot 
  of 
  the 
  hunter 
  is 
  

   not 
  altogether 
  a 
  happy 
  one, 
  for 
  the 
  moment 
  he 
  penetrates 
  the 
  dense 
  un- 
  

   dergrowth 
  he 
  is 
  literally 
  covered 
  with 
  wood-ticks, 
  which 
  are 
  unpleas- 
  

   ant 
  at 
  all 
  times, 
  and 
  often 
  prove 
  a 
  serious 
  nuisance. 
  

  

  We 
  remained 
  at 
  our 
  anchorage 
  off 
  San 
  Miguel 
  until 
  the 
  morning 
  of 
  

   January 
  29, 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  collecting 
  beiug 
  carried 
  on 
  vigorously 
  by 
  the 
  

   naturalists, 
  assisted 
  by 
  the 
  officers 
  and 
  workingparties 
  detailed 
  from 
  the 
  

   crew. 
  Large 
  numbers 
  of 
  birds 
  and 
  fishes 
  were 
  obtained, 
  besides 
  some 
  

   flue 
  specimens 
  of 
  mammals. 
  

  

  The 
  photographer 
  succeeded 
  in 
  taking 
  views 
  of 
  two 
  of 
  the 
  principal 
  

   ruins, 
  one 
  an 
  old 
  church 
  near 
  San 
  Miguel, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  a 
  large 
  budd- 
  

   ing 
  near 
  the 
  southern 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  island. 
  The 
  following 
  interesting 
  re- 
  

   port 
  of 
  his 
  trip 
  is 
  submitted 
  : 
  

  

  "1 
  left 
  the 
  ship 
  on 
  the 
  24th 
  of 
  January, 
  with 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  B. 
  Anduze, 
  in 
  

   the 
  steam-launch 
  for 
  a 
  trip 
  to 
  his 
  plantation, 
  located 
  on 
  the 
  southern 
  

   end 
  of 
  the 
  island, 
  about 
  12 
  miles 
  distant. 
  In 
  passing 
  down 
  the 
  coast 
  

   we 
  stopped 
  off 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  creek, 
  which 
  empties 
  into 
  the 
  sea 
  

   about 
  5 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  San 
  Mijiuel, 
  and 
  took 
  a 
  photograph 
  

   of 
  the 
  entrance. 
  J 
  learned 
  that 
  this 
  creek 
  is 
  about 
  GO 
  feet 
  wide 
  at 
  its 
  

   mouth, 
  which 
  has 
  high 
  rocks 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  and 
  has 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  6 
  feet 
  

   of 
  water 
  on 
  the 
  bar. 
  On 
  the 
  inside 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  basin 
  of 
  about 
  300 
  yards 
  

   in 
  circumference, 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  perpendicular 
  rocks 
  about 
  

   ieetiu 
  height. 
  The 
  water 
  in 
  this 
  basin 
  is 
  so 
  deep 
  that 
  vessels 
  of 
  80 
  tons 
  

   can 
  lay 
  alongside 
  the 
  shore 
  and 
  take 
  in 
  their 
  cargo. 
  From 
  this 
  place 
  to 
  

   the 
  landing 
  the 
  shore 
  was 
  very 
  low, 
  except 
  one 
  point 
  which 
  was 
  quite 
  

   rocky 
  ; 
  all 
  the 
  rest 
  presented 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  being 
  tine 
  sandy 
  beaches 
  

   and 
  good 
  places 
  for 
  hauling 
  seine. 
  When 
  we 
  reached 
  the 
  landing 
  the 
  

   surf 
  was 
  so 
  heavy 
  that 
  we 
  were 
  landed 
  from 
  the 
  boat 
  on 
  the 
  backs 
  of 
  

   natives. 
  The 
  plantation 
  being 
  about 
  three 
  miles 
  in 
  the 
  interior, 
  we 
  were 
  

   compelled 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  our 
  journey 
  on 
  small 
  ponies 
  that 
  are 
  used 
  

   in 
  all 
  tropical 
  countries. 
  The 
  road, 
  or 
  rather 
  a 
  narrow 
  bridle-path, 
  led 
  

   through 
  a 
  dense 
  forest 
  of 
  small 
  twisted 
  knotty 
  trees 
  whose 
  trunks 
  and 
  

   limbs 
  were 
  covered 
  with 
  creeping 
  vines, 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  almost 
  impossible 
  

   to 
  distinguish 
  theleaves 
  of 
  1 
  lietreefrom 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  vine. 
  Many 
  of 
  these 
  

   vines 
  bore 
  some 
  remarkably 
  beautiful 
  flowers 
  whicli 
  made 
  a 
  very 
  pretty 
  

   scene; 
  the 
  foliage 
  meeting 
  overhead 
  completely 
  shut 
  out 
  the 
  rays 
  of 
  

   the 
  sun, 
  and 
  the 
  total 
  absence 
  of 
  buzzing 
  insects 
  made 
  the 
  ride 
  a 
  very 
  

   pleasant 
  one. 
  i 
  saw 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  birds 
  both 
  large 
  and 
  small, 
  

   some 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  very 
  beautiful, 
  also 
  buttertiies 
  of 
  every 
  color 
  imag- 
  

   inable. 
  

  

  "We 
  reached 
  the 
  plantation 
  at 
  5 
  o'clock 
  in 
  the 
  evening, 
  too 
  late 
  to 
  

   take 
  photographs. 
  This 
  plantation 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  farm 
  of 
  half 
  a 
  league 
  

   square, 
  around 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  high 
  stone 
  wall, 
  the 
  fields 
  being 
  divided 
  

  

  