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lanica and Triton cancellatum were lying scattered at high- 

 water mark (many of them containing their inmates), 

 together with portions of the membranous tubes of a very 

 large Annelid, fragments of Lithodes antarctica, and many 

 specimens of Eurypodius septentrionalis ; and a single 

 individual of a very curious little crab, the Pinnotheres 

 transversalis, was also found. Many terns and gulls were 

 seen ; and one of the latter {Larus dominicanus), which 

 reminded me of our British lesser black- backed species, 

 was shot. A specimen of a curious little grebe {Podiceps 

 Bollandi), very common in the Strait, but difficult to shoot 

 on account of its activity in diving, was in addition pro- 

 cured, being found by one of the officers frozen into the ice 

 of a small stream. 



A heavy surf on the beach prevented us from landing for 

 the next day or two ; but on the 10th, a bright, sunny day, 

 I had another long walk, obtaining some more marine 

 animals, and, among others, many examples of a very large 

 new species of Ecliiurus, which has been named by Dr. 

 Baird E. farcimen, on account of its sausage-like appearance. 

 Some of the specimens measured upwards of a foot in length, 

 by between five and six inches in circumference ; and they 

 appeared to possess the faculty of altering their form in a 

 very marked manner. On the evening of the same day, 

 all our preparations for a start having been completed, we 

 took advantage of the moonlight to proceed as far as Laredo 

 Bay, where we halted for the night. Next day we moved on 

 as far as Baxa Point, at the Fuegian side of the entrance of 

 the first Narrows ; and on the 12th we went slowly on our 

 way to the eastward, taking a line of soundings. We passed 

 Dungeness Spit about five p.m., and bid farewell to the 

 Strait on an exquisite moonlight night, proceeding on our 

 northerly course under steam and sail. 



