172 NOTES ON THE METEOROLOGY AND 
The soil on the banks on which these plants grew, and that 
luxuriantly when there was rain, gave on analysis when air- 
dried— 
Wat 6°24 or P Mosant 624 
Ongunic matter 501 501 
Lim 46°23 Phowphate g esi eit aie 
Magn POI Ni. ccs ina tevexebucs 2:07 sphate of calei sie 
Alumina and oxide of iron 0°21 sab phate re pee we 
Phosphori (i Asie paar 3:84 e % seseee TABS 
Sulphuric seis cts pales 14 Carbonate magnesium...... 4°34 
Carbonic P 35°49 Silica : 21 
_ Silica 21 eae at 
Chlorine and alkalies...... (Traces) 10014 
100°44 
In this analysis the phosphoric acid was separated from the 
ia precipitate - . H. Rose’s method. The matter 
on which the mesembriantheum grew was actually a poo 
guano, tage washed free from salt-water with which it was 
saturated, contained— 
ore and organic matter............... 35°56 f 
rete of calcium 13-79 
Sul ah set est Hi) Cheese eee 602 
arlOnaee: ny cists, ago csahucsctancns 43°21 
paihaaes magnesium and loss ...... 1°42 
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ANIMALS. 
Of the animals inhabiting the island — were twenty-two, 
and five birds which were occasional visit 
Five of these were insects. 1st. The common house-fly, 
which is found on all islands that are or have been inhabited, 
but not on uninhabited ones. 2. A small blow-fly. A 
minute red ant. 4. A ead a species of 7 stes. 5. A large 
moth, which was sometimes rare, bu r continued rain 
very abundant, this whole island tote covered wit 
a All the birds had also one or more species of 
parasites — on them. 
There w re two species ¢ of lizards; a bright-coloured one, about 
6 inches jot rejoicing in the sun unshine, and a dull-coloured 
geko, much shorter, living in dark corners. 
qua rutin there was only one Ee oceans a small species of 
rat, which was more than sufficien ntly numerous. 
_ O€ the birds, the five occasional visitors were—a small petrel; 
a dark grey duck ; a bird somewhat like a kestrel hawk, which 
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