50 THE NAUTILUS. 



ings and cushions of the saddle. To reach the edge of the crater it 

 took four hours ; the donkey with the guide, and his yelling com- 

 panions, were then left to amuse themselves while the descent 

 into the crater was made. 



The crater is said to be seventeen hundred feet deep, and its sides 

 are very steep so that the actual time of descent was quite small, 

 but the amount of time, patience, wear and tear consumed in com- 

 ing up was considerable. 



At Funchal, Madeira, the ascent to the mountains was made in a 

 vehicle upon runners and drawn by oxen over roads laid with very 

 small paving stones and often in patterns of ornamental designs. 

 Upon arrival at the desired elevation, the oxen were detached, 

 allowed leisurely to make their way down, and the vehicle was 

 pulled to one side of the road to await the time for making the 

 return trip. That time having arrived the sledge is pulled into 

 position, a man, holding the steering rope attached to the fore cor- 

 ner, stood upon each side, and then, with a shout, a push and a 

 little confusion of the respiratory rhythm, away the whole affair 

 goes amidst a great scattering of sparks, clouds of dust and a con- 

 fusion of noises ; but in an incredibly short time the trip was made 

 that previously had taken the oxen a couple of hours to do. 



List of Species Collected. 



1. Argonanta argo L. A living specimen kindly presented by 

 Mr. Dabney, Consul at Horta, Fayal Is. 



2. Purpura (Stramonita) h?emastoma L. 



3. Triton nodiferus Lam. Two living specimens. 



4. Ranella (Lampas) scrobiculator Linn. One dead. 



5. Fusus rostratus Oliv. Dredged in 800 fms. near Graciosa Is. 

 by the yacht L'Hirondelle, Duke of Monaco, kindness Mr. 

 Dabney. 



6. Kassa (Hima) incrassata Strom. 



7. Mitra fusca Swainson. Is smaller but agrees in internal and 

 external coloration with the specimen labelled M. Adansonii 

 Phil., in Phila. Acad. Nat. Sciences. 



8. Olivella nivea Gmel. Pico Is. 



9. Columbella mercatoria Linn. 



10. Columbella (Nitidella) laevigata Linn. Pico Is. 



11. Trivia pediculus Linn. Pico Is. 



12. Bittium reticulatum Da Costa. Pico Is. 



