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in Margarita Island, on the 6th of January, and afterwards 

 anchored in Mangles Bay on the 8th. The evening of the 

 11th of January found the c Emerald ' in the Laguna Grande 

 del Obispo, in the Gulf of Cariaco in Tenezuela, and a sub- 

 sequent stay of three days (Jan. 14-17) was made in the 

 Gu]f itself, off the "Marina" of Cariaco. Cumana was 

 reached on the evening of the 17th of January, and after 

 remaining a few hours at Curacao (Jan. 19) to replenish the 

 coal-bunkers, the long journey across the Caribbean Sea had 

 to be undertaken, and the i Emerald' arrived at Grand 

 Cayman, after a frightful passage, on the 25th of January, 

 visited Cayman Brae on the 31st, and Little Cayman on the 

 1st of February. Here the yacht was storm-bound by a 

 " norther" for some days, and was at last compelled to run 

 for Jamaica, being nearly depleted of coal and food, and the 

 anchor was cast in Kingston Harbour at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, 

 the 10th of February, 1904; and thus Dr. Sharpe was enabled 

 to catch the R.M.S. 'Trent/ which left for England at 12 p.m. 

 on the same day. 



During a voyage of two months, the c Emerald' experienced 

 nothing but the roughest of weather, and the collecting of 

 natural history specimens was only to be accomplished under 

 great difficulties. Dr. Sharpe was, therefore, pleased to 

 announce to the Club that, owing to the kindness of 

 his hosts, who, despite the gales, took their Yacht to 

 several islands little known to ornithologists, he had been 

 enabled to make a collection of nearly 400 specimens of 

 birds, including several species which were previously un- 

 represented in the British Museum : thus the voyage of the 

 ' Emerald ' had added very materially to the National Col- 

 lection. It was impossible, in the short time that the 

 ' Emerald' stayed near the islands, to obtain collections in 

 all branches of natural history, but the birds had turned out 

 to be of great interest ; and the collection of fish, which had 

 been entirely made by Lady Wilton, had resulted in some 

 important additions to the series in the British Museum. 



Dr. Sharpe announced that an exhibition of the bird? 



