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cabin-steward to obtain flies for them on the 

 Carisbrooke, but a violent head wind, which 

 lasted all the way from Funchal to Southampton, 

 blew every fly out of the ship soon after we left 

 Madeira. To atone for the lack of solid food, I 

 was extra careful to sprinkle them every few 

 hours with water, as I had them in boxes specially 

 designed for that purpose ; and it is well known 

 that spiders can go a considerable period without 

 food so long as they get plenty of water, for they 

 are greedy drinkers. When I handed them over 

 to the Zoo, they were in excellent condition, and 

 Mr. Pocock at once found them suitable quarters 

 in the warm Insect-House. The rest of my living 

 luggage, consisting of the two turtles, a lizard 

 from Porto Santo, and twelve others, somewhat 

 different, from Madeira, went to the Reptile House. 

 The turtles had their salt water bath on board 

 every morning before I had my own, but the lizards 

 packed for me by Padre Schmitz, whose museum 

 at the Seminario is one of the sights of Funchal, 

 survived the journey in a linen bag, without 

 further attention. These hints on the transport 

 of such living souvenirs of the trip are given in 

 case they should be of use to other people with a 

 fancy to do likewise. 



We also derived much amusement from laying 

 down and taking up Cossart's trammels, of which 

 there were two, as well as a long single net. The 



