﻿1875.] 
  On 
  the 
  Natural 
  History 
  of 
  Kerguelen's 
  Island. 
  351 
  

  

  April 
  8, 
  1875. 
  

  

  JOSEPH 
  D 
  ALTON 
  HOOKER, 
  C.B., 
  President, 
  in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  Pursuant 
  to 
  notice, 
  the 
  Eight 
  Hon. 
  the 
  Earl 
  of 
  Carnarvon 
  and 
  the 
  

   Eight 
  Hon. 
  "William 
  Edward 
  Eorster 
  were 
  balloted 
  for 
  and 
  elected 
  

   Eellows 
  of 
  the 
  Society. 
  

  

  Pursuant 
  to 
  notice 
  given 
  at 
  the 
  last 
  Meeting, 
  Pierre 
  J. 
  van 
  Beneden 
  

   of 
  Louvain, 
  Joseph 
  Louis 
  Francois 
  Bertrand 
  of 
  Paris, 
  Alfred 
  Louis 
  

   Olivier 
  Des 
  Cloizeaux 
  of 
  Paris, 
  Hippolyte 
  Louis 
  Eizeau 
  of 
  Paris, 
  Elias 
  

   Magnus 
  Eries 
  of 
  L 
  T 
  psal, 
  Jules 
  Janssen 
  of 
  Paris, 
  August 
  Kekule 
  of 
  Bonn, 
  

   Gustav 
  Robert 
  Kirchhoff 
  of 
  Berlin, 
  and 
  C. 
  Ludwig 
  of 
  Leipzig 
  were 
  

   balloted 
  for 
  and 
  elected 
  Foreign 
  Members 
  of 
  the 
  Society. 
  

  

  The 
  Presents 
  received 
  were 
  laid 
  on 
  the 
  table, 
  and 
  thanks 
  ordered 
  for 
  

   them. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  Papers 
  were 
  read 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  I. 
  " 
  First 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Naturalist 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  Transit- 
  of- 
  

   Venns 
  Expedition 
  to 
  Kerguelen's 
  Island, 
  December 
  1874/" 
  

   By 
  the 
  Rev. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Eaton. 
  Communicated 
  by 
  the 
  President. 
  

   Received 
  March 
  15, 
  1875. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Royal 
  Society. 
  

  

  Eoyal 
  S 
  ound, 
  Kerguelen's 
  Island, 
  

   31st 
  December, 
  1874. 
  

  

  Deae 
  Sie, 
  — 
  It 
  is 
  difficult, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  inexactness 
  of 
  the 
  charts, 
  to 
  

   inform 
  you 
  of 
  the 
  positions 
  of 
  the 
  Astronomical 
  Stations 
  in 
  whose 
  neigh- 
  

   bourhood 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  work 
  in 
  this 
  island. 
  The 
  German 
  Station 
  

   is 
  in 
  Betsy 
  Cove, 
  the 
  American 
  at 
  Molloy 
  Point, 
  Royal 
  Sound. 
  The 
  

   English 
  Stations 
  also 
  are 
  in 
  this 
  Sound, 
  the 
  second 
  being 
  situated 
  about 
  

   three 
  miles 
  N. 
  by 
  W. 
  of 
  Swain's 
  Haulover. 
  The 
  first 
  English 
  Station 
  is 
  

   between 
  these 
  last 
  two 
  on 
  the 
  mainland, 
  six 
  or 
  seven 
  miles 
  N.W. 
  of 
  

   Three-Island 
  Harbour, 
  in 
  what 
  will 
  be 
  called 
  Observatory 
  Bay. 
  Two 
  

   days 
  before 
  the 
  Transit 
  of 
  Venus, 
  a 
  party 
  under 
  Lieut. 
  Coodridge, 
  R.jN"., 
  

   was 
  detached 
  from 
  the 
  first 
  English 
  Station 
  to 
  observe 
  the 
  transit 
  from 
  

   a 
  position 
  which 
  he 
  selected 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  Thumb 
  Peak. 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  

   yet 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  visit 
  Betsy 
  Cove. 
  

  

  Observatory 
  Bay 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  minor 
  inlets 
  of 
  a 
  peninsula 
  comprised 
  

   between 
  two 
  narrow 
  arms 
  of 
  the 
  sea. 
  One 
  of 
  these 
  runs 
  up 
  from 
  the 
  

   sound, 
  along 
  the 
  western 
  flank 
  of 
  the 
  hills 
  adjacent 
  to 
  Mount 
  Crozier, 
  

   several 
  miles, 
  and 
  terminates 
  at 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  hours 
  to 
  the 
  

   north 
  of 
  us, 
  and 
  about 
  four 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  inlet 
  near 
  Vulcan 
  Cove. 
  The 
  

   other 
  arm, 
  opening 
  nine 
  or 
  ten 
  miles 
  away 
  to 
  the 
  southward, 
  proceeds 
  

  

  