NARRATIVE OF THE CRUISE. vii 



The various Abstracts indicating the nature and extent of the investi- 

 gations and discoveries made by the specialists who have been engaged in 

 the preparation of the Official Reports will be found to constitute a prominent 

 feature of the volume ; these have been prepared by the authors of the several 

 special Reports, or have been revised by them. Great care has been taken to 

 ensure that all statements of fact are correct, but when deductions are drawn 

 or opinions expressed in any of the paragraphs within inverted commas, my 

 colleagues or myself do not necessarily endorse these, the author whose name 

 is attached to the paragraphs being responsible. 



I have to acknowledge, without exception, my indebtedness to the contri- 

 butors to the Official Scientific Reports, whose names appear in Appendix VII. 

 to this volume. It would have been impossible to have compiled a general 

 account of the Scientific Results without their cordial assistance and 

 co-operation, at all times freely given, though often at considerable incon- 

 venience to the authors. 



As in the previously published volumes of Reports the Fahrenheit Scale of 

 temperature has been used when not otherwise expressly stated. 



The Abbe A. Renard, F.G.S., has named the rock specimens collected 

 at the various Oceanic Islands, and he has in most instances revised the 

 determinations of the minerals or crystalline particles found in the deposits. 



Nearly all the woodcuts of scenery, and many of those of animals, are from 

 the sketches and drawings of Dr. J. J. Wild, who accompanied the Expedition 

 as Artist and Private Secretary to the Director of the Civilian Scientific Staff; 

 in 1884 Dr. Wild forwarded from Australia a large number of sketches taken 

 during the cruise, from which a selection was made. 



I have had in my possession for reference the Official Journals of 

 Dr. Wild and the late Dr. Rudolf von Willemoes-Suhm. Captain Pelham 

 Aldrich, Lieutenant Herbert Swire, Lieutenant Arthur Channer, Fleet- 

 Surgeon George Maclean, and Mr. R. R. A. Richards placed journals or 

 sketch-books in my hands for reference ; a few of the sketches have been 

 reproduced in this volume as woodcuts, and two of the coloured plates 



