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H. E. then Governor the read the following Report of 

 his excursion to Round Island^ in November last^ in com- 

 pany with several members of the Society :- — 



NOTES OH THE FAUNA & FLOEA OF ROUND ISLAND. 



After the excellent descriptions of this Islet communicated 

 to the Society by Colonel Lloyd a quarter of a century ago ; 

 by Mr. Edward Newton in 1860 ; and quite recently by Colo- 

 nel Pike, it may appear almost superfluous to write anything 

 more about it. 



The attention of the late Surveyor G-eneral however, seems 

 to have been principally attracted to its very remarkable geo- 

 logical formation ; our President on the other hand occupied 

 himself entirely with the Sea birds which resort thither to 

 breed ; whilst although so zealous and indefatigable a Collec- 

 tor as the worthy Consul for the United States, could not fail 

 to notice and enumerate many of the Plants and Animals 

 met with, it did not fall within the scope of the interesting 

 narrative which he gave of his trip to enter into scientific 

 details. 



My own visit owed its origin to Colonel Pike's paper, for, 

 knowing that Dr. Plooker of Kew took a warm interest in 

 everything connected with Insular Ploras, a subject on which 

 he some years since delivered a most instructive lecture, I 

 did not fail to bring to his notice the peculiarities attributed 

 to that of Round Island, which struck him so strongly that he 

 urged me in reply to have every Plantand Animal (for I had 

 mentioned the snake brought back by Col. Pike) collected for 

 examination and comparison, and even offered after consulting 

 with Mr. Darwin to obtain a grant of money from the " Bri- 

 tish Association for the advancement of Science," to cover the 

 expense. This, I, of course assured Dr. Hooker was unne- 

 cessary, promising him that I would proceed thither myself 

 when the proper season arrived and do my best to make 

 complete botanical and zoological collections for Kew Herba- 

 rium and the British Museum respectively. Accordingly ac- 



