282 SPORTING ADVENTURES 



circular form, about a mile in circumference, 

 and very deep ; small coasting vessels lie up 

 here during the hurricane months, and so per- 

 fect is the shelter that a vessel might be at 

 anchor inside without any chance of being seen 

 by passing ships. 



A long well-wooded valley extends up from 

 this harbour towards the mountains. It looked 

 a likely spot for game, so I landed to explore it, 



accompanied as usual by E . We found 



many tracks of deer and other animals, but we 

 had not time to penetrate far inland before 

 darkness overtook us, and we returned on 

 board. Our seining party had good sport, 

 hauling the seine in the gap, and capturing 

 some fine fish. Before daylight the next 

 morning we were off again in the gig, and 

 landed on a part of the coast about six miles 

 to the southward of the port. We soon came 

 upon tracks of deer in the sandy soil, especially 

 round the cactus-bushes, where they had been 

 feeding during the night; one was speedily 

 started, but escaped, and soon afterwards two 



