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represented by a large, rough, compressed Labellum and several specimens of the 
delicate disk-like S solitary forms | 
delic ae Stephanophyllia, both solitary forms. Among the fish was a form 
called by Mr. Tate Regan Simonotus acanthorhynchus, a new large-eyed genus of John 
. . . . . . 5 ; 7 5 oF ; ; 
Dory with a series of peculiar spines in front of the eyes and snout (probably protective) 
. . : s 
and a new species of Macrurus, a large-headed fish with attenuated body and tail 
and eyes a third of the length of the head in diameter, essentially a cod adapted for 
deep-sea life. 
We were now (Sept. 8) on our nineteenth day out from Mauritius, during which fires 
had not been drawn, and the necessity for coaling made a visit to the Seychelles 
imperative. Unfortunately this made it also necessary that we should give up any idea 
Fie. 34, 
Lnthothamnion from dredging C19, Saya de Malha. 
Upper five specimens Lithothamnion indicum, and lower five Lithothamnion australe. 
of visiting the Agalegas, two small coral-islands surrounded by a closely-fringing reef, 
about halfway from Saya de Malha to the line of shallow banks which connect the 
Seychelles to Madagascar. As we had heard they were entirely planted with coconuts, 
and as their shoal is completely isolated, being surrounded by water of over 2000 fathoms, 
this meant little to us; but it was a serious disappointment to our surveyors. The 
mischief was really done by the heavy weather continuously experienced until we 
were actually approaching the Saya de Malha Bank. They must console themselves, 
however, with the knowledge that the anchorage and landing-place on Agalegas 
are directly to windward, and that the narrow bank lies north-west and south-east, 
so that it would have had no leeward side to the south-east trades, and hence no 
anchorage. 
We steamed accordingly from the Saya de Malha towards the south-east part or the 
Seychelles bank, sounding at intervals, hard bottom, or no indication of its nature, being 
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