Berooid Ciliograde, from tlie Atlantic. 



CHAPTEE XXIV. 



THE YOYAGE HOME. 



Storm at Hong Kong — Loss of the "Osprey" — Sea-birds at the Cape — 

 Simon's Bay — Cormorants — Botany of the Cape — Physical Features of 

 TaWe Bay — Cape Town — Marine Animals of Simon's Bay — Coast of St. 

 Helena — James' Town— Napoleon's Tomb— Ascension — General Features 

 — Crater — Yegetation — Insects — ""Wide-awake Fair" — Boldness of the 

 Birds — Turtle Ponds — Varieties of Turtle — Western Isles— Pico — Fayal 

 — Villa de Horta — Character of Yegetation — Spithead — Conclusion. 



On the 24th March I embarked on board H.M.S. " Scylla," 

 21 guns, for the long voyage from Hong Kong to England, 

 a distance of 13,000 miles. The time of year promised 

 favourable weather and fair winds, and the promise was, on 

 the whole, performed. We began by escaping a violent 

 storm at Hong Kong, for scarcely had we passed Green 

 Island when the sky became extraordinarily dark and gloomy. 



