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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  islands 
  and 
  atolls 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  group. 
  This 
  hurricane 
  occurred 
  

   a 
  few 
  months 
  before 
  our 
  visit. 
  

  

  On 
  March 
  28th, 
  in 
  lat. 
  23° 
  20' 
  23" 
  S., 
  long. 
  142° 
  58' 
  28" 
  W., 
  

   a 
  large 
  Shark 
  was 
  caught, 
  off 
  which 
  I 
  took 
  a 
  Sucking 
  Fish 
  

   (Echeneis 
  remora). 
  These 
  Sucking 
  Fish 
  were 
  seen 
  swimming 
  

   round 
  the 
  Shark 
  in 
  some 
  numbers. 
  When 
  we 
  got 
  it 
  on 
  board 
  I 
  

   held 
  this 
  Sucker 
  to 
  my 
  hand; 
  it 
  immediately 
  fastened 
  itself 
  on, 
  

   and 
  held 
  firmly. 
  

  

  On 
  March 
  30th 
  the 
  beautiful 
  island 
  of 
  Tahiti 
  was 
  sighted, 
  

   and 
  early 
  next 
  morning 
  we 
  were 
  piloted 
  through 
  the 
  reef 
  which 
  

   surrounds 
  the 
  island, 
  and 
  anchored 
  off 
  Papeete. 
  Tahiti 
  is 
  pro- 
  

   bably 
  the 
  most 
  beautiful 
  of 
  the 
  many 
  beautiful 
  islands 
  of 
  the 
  

   South 
  Pacific. 
  It 
  rises 
  to 
  a 
  great 
  height 
  from 
  the 
  sea, 
  and 
  is 
  

   entirely 
  covered 
  with 
  thick 
  forests. 
  During 
  our 
  stay 
  at 
  Tahiti 
  

   we 
  visited 
  Tautira, 
  a 
  small 
  picturesque 
  village 
  some 
  miles 
  from 
  

   Papeete 
  along 
  the 
  coast. 
  During 
  this 
  passage 
  we 
  had 
  a 
  fine 
  

   view 
  of 
  the 
  coast, 
  when 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  deep 
  gorges 
  and 
  waterfalls 
  

   were 
  seen 
  to 
  advantage. 
  From 
  Papeete 
  one 
  has 
  a 
  good 
  view 
  of 
  

   the 
  neighbouring 
  island 
  of 
  Eimeo, 
  about 
  twelve 
  miles 
  or 
  so 
  

   distant. 
  A 
  curious 
  feature 
  of 
  this 
  island 
  is 
  observable 
  on 
  a 
  

   clear 
  day, 
  and 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  hole 
  completely 
  through 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   jagged 
  peaks 
  which 
  crown 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  this 
  island. 
  Several 
  visits 
  

   were 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  Barrier 
  reef, 
  where, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  glass-like 
  

   clearness 
  and 
  stillness 
  of 
  the 
  water, 
  the 
  brilliantly-coloured 
  fish 
  

   which 
  inhabit 
  the 
  coral-reef 
  were 
  easily 
  observable. 
  

  

  Sea-hirds 
  were 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  abundant 
  ; 
  the 
  only 
  species 
  noticed 
  

   were 
  Frigate 
  Birds 
  (Fregata 
  aquila), 
  "White 
  Terns 
  {Gygis 
  Candida), 
  

   and 
  Tropic 
  Birds 
  (Phaethon 
  sp. 
  ?). 
  Land-birds 
  seemed 
  equally 
  

   scarce, 
  but 
  all 
  birds 
  are 
  protected, 
  and 
  we 
  were 
  unable 
  to 
  collect. 
  

   Two 
  species 
  of 
  butterflies 
  were 
  taken, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  several 
  Micro- 
  

   Lepidoptera 
  ; 
  amongst 
  the 
  latter, 
  Pyroderces 
  crawfordi 
  has 
  lately 
  

   been 
  described 
  by 
  Lord 
  Walsingham 
  as 
  new 
  to 
  science. 
  During 
  

   the 
  voyage 
  I 
  always 
  found 
  that 
  numbers 
  of 
  these 
  insects 
  could 
  

   be 
  taken 
  while 
  sitting 
  on 
  or 
  flying 
  round 
  the 
  "after" 
  light 
  on 
  

   the 
  poop. 
  Everywhere 
  on 
  the 
  low 
  ground 
  and 
  swamps 
  near 
  the 
  

   shore 
  the 
  burrows 
  of 
  Land-Crabs 
  are 
  seen, 
  but 
  their 
  inhabitants 
  

   are 
  very 
  knowing 
  and 
  difficult 
  to 
  capture. 
  Terrestrial 
  Hermit- 
  

   Crabs 
  are 
  also 
  very 
  abundant, 
  and 
  crawl 
  up 
  to 
  some 
  height 
  on 
  

   the 
  trees 
  and 
  shrubs. 
  

  

  