CONTENTS. Ml 



— Shark, Sucking, and Pilot Fish — Tlie Sargasso weed — 

 Condition of tlie Crowned pigeons— A swallow cap- 

 tured during migration — Temperature — Arrival at 

 Gravesend .... . 24(> 



APPENDIX. 



Cocoa-nut tree .... 295 



Morbid Appetite in Sheep . . . 343 



The Albatross . . . .357 



Notes on the Plantain and Banana Tree . . . 399 



The Inhabitant of the Nautilus Pompilius . . . 406 



On the habits of the Viverra Mussunga, or Java Cat . 412 



Luminosity of the Ocean . . . 42] 



Treaty between the British and Acheenese governments 424 



