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Americans were assembled ; a fine body of intelligent, 

 cultivated, and earnest workers. A very enjoyable 

 evening was passed, and at daylight the next morning 

 we started on horseback for Isipingo Station, arriving 

 there in time to take the train for Durban. I was de- 

 lighted with this visit, though so very brief, and it gives 

 me pleasure to state that the labors of these missionaries 

 were greatly appreciated not only by the natives but by 

 the government itself. Of this I was assured by several 

 intelligent and disinterested gentlemen. 



On the Tst of June the Enterprise left Port Natal 

 with thirty tons of coal on deck, and on the 7th arrived 

 at Nos Vey, a small island near the coast of Madagascar, 

 where several European traders have their store-houses. 



Six casts were taken while crossing Mozambique; 

 Channel, as follows : 



On June ist in 824 fathoms, lat. 29° 46' S., long; 

 31° 58' 48" E. — bluish mud, sand and shells; on the 2d 

 in 1325 fathoms, lat. 29° 44' 30'' S., long. 33° 26' E, — 

 light brown mud, sand, and shells; on the 3d in 1107 

 fathoms, lat. 29° 51' 10'' S., long. 35° 46' 45" E. — gray 

 sand and shells ; on the 4th in 2607 fathoms, lat. 28° 

 52' 25'' S., long. 38° 17' 30'' E. — no specimen ; on the 

 6th in 1985 fathoms, lat. 24° 49' 47" S., long. 42° 52' 

 45'' E. — light brown ooze ; and on the 7th in 935 fathoms,, 

 lat. 23° 51' 10'' S., long. 43° 31' 42" E. — light browm 

 ooze. 



We remained here one day, then steamed to Sarc 

 Augustine Bay, a distance of about eight miles from Nos 



