J. C. Branner — Peah of Fernando de NoronJia, 443 



The Peak of Fernando de Noronha seen from the land to the south. 

 a photograph made by J. C. Branner in July, 1876. 



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With this note is given a drawing {^^. 1) made from a pho- 

 tograph taken by the writer in 1876 from the plateau above 

 which the peak rises ; the observer looks northwest, and the 

 peak is about a mile awav. Attention is called to the upper 

 slope on the right, and to its general resemblance to hg. 5, 

 plate XII, of Dr. Hovey's description of the new cone of 

 Mont Pele published opposite page 276 of this Journal for 

 October, 1903. 



Fig. 2 is a sketch made by the writer from a point a little 

 farther to the north and from a distance of about three- 

 quarters of a mile. This view shows both the peak proper 

 and the hill at its base on the west, which is of the same kind 

 of rock as the peak itself, that is, phonolite. On the right the 

 talus slope descends to the sea beach. The attention is called 

 to the resemblance of this view to the profile given in fig. 3 of 



