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As a matter pointing to submarine disturbance near the locality, 
there was a breakage in the telegraph cable to German territory, 
which reaches the shore at Walfish Bay. (See chart, Plate XXVIII.) 
This breakage took place a few weeks previous to the upheaval of 
the island, and I was informed by the manager of the Cable 
Company’s office at Swakopmund that the break occurred about 
10 miles from the shore, or 6 miles from the site of the island. 
The fracture was a most unusual one, the cable being cut clean 
through, not jagged or chafed, as is the case in most submarine 
cable fractures. 
The following gentlemen were present at the several visits made 
to the island on the Ist, 2nd, 4th, and 7th of June: The Resident 
Magistrate, J. J. Cleverley, Esq., Captain C. Richardson, Lieu- 
tenants A. Borcherds and C. Gutsche, and Dr. Sterne, of the Cape 
Garrison Artillery, who were stationed at Walfish Bay; and the 
author of this notice, Frank W. Waldron, of the Public Works 
Department, Cape Town. 
PLATES XXVITI-XXXI. 
Puate XXVIII. Chart of Walfish Bay, showing the site of the mud island 
which appeared off Pelican Point on June Ist, 1900. 
y) XXIX. The island as seen from Pelican Point on June 1st. 
a XXX. The island as seen from Pelican Point on June 2nd. 
a XXXI. View of a portion of the island as seen from a distance o 
50 feet on June 2nd, 
