APPENDIX. 



I. 



The l^nvsQ {Scyllium cirratuni), p. 241. — "On some of 

 the particular shoals and banks within the Bay of Old 

 Harbour, these fishes congregate in great numbers at spe- 

 cial seasons, probably to deposit their egg capsules in the 

 sunny waters. At these seasons nothing more is neces- 

 sary than to get among them upon the shoal with sticks 

 and strike them. [Hence the expression used by Sam, 

 " strike Nurse," which I had supposed to imply the use of 

 the harpoon. P. H. G.] They may be taken, and are 

 taken in this way in large numbers. This habit may ac- 

 count for the shipwrecked Richard Falconer, on the Ala- 

 cranes, being able to take this fish, Avhen he had no means 

 of securing any thing else for food." — {Letter from Mr. 

 Hill, 28th March, 1851.) 



II. 



The Silk-cotton Tree {Eriodejidron anfractuosum), 

 p. 279. — "There is a profusion of magnificent Ceiba- 

 trees around us, and all are more or less in their winter 

 nakedness. The aspect they have assumed after shedding 

 their autumnal foliage, is that of young leaves in some 

 trees, and that of flowers and seed-pods only in others, 



