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  Rev. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Eaton 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  [Apr. 
  8, 
  

  

  in 
  a 
  north-easterly 
  direction 
  to 
  within 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  miles 
  of 
  the 
  former, 
  

   and 
  no 
  great 
  distance 
  from 
  Foundry 
  Branch. 
  

  

  Besides 
  the 
  inlets 
  of 
  the 
  sea, 
  numerous 
  freshwater 
  lakes 
  present 
  

   obstacles 
  to 
  inland 
  travelling. 
  Some 
  in 
  this 
  neighbourhood 
  are 
  two 
  or 
  

   three 
  miles 
  in 
  length, 
  but 
  in 
  general 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  mile 
  long. 
  

   They 
  are 
  usually 
  shallow, 
  and 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  uninhabited 
  by 
  fish. 
  The 
  

   bogs 
  and 
  streams 
  in 
  this 
  vicinity 
  are 
  not 
  impassable, 
  but 
  can 
  be 
  traversed 
  

   with 
  ease 
  if 
  ordinary 
  care 
  be 
  taken. 
  

  

  The 
  most 
  salient 
  features 
  of 
  the 
  landscape 
  are 
  the 
  basaltic 
  hills, 
  with 
  

   irregular 
  terraces 
  of 
  rock 
  on 
  their 
  sides, 
  and 
  broken 
  cliffs 
  at 
  their 
  sum- 
  

   mits. 
  In 
  lieu 
  of 
  grass, 
  their 
  slopes 
  are 
  clothed 
  with 
  banks 
  and 
  boulder- 
  

   like 
  clumps 
  of 
  Azorella 
  selago, 
  excepting 
  where 
  rich 
  damp 
  loam 
  affords 
  a 
  

   soil 
  suitable 
  for 
  the 
  Acoena 
  and 
  the 
  Pringlea. 
  Here 
  and 
  there 
  a 
  fern 
  

   (Lomaria) 
  and 
  grass 
  (Festuca) 
  grow 
  in 
  the 
  interspaces 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  

   plants. 
  

  

  The 
  climate 
  of 
  Royal 
  Sound 
  is 
  far 
  warmer 
  and 
  drier 
  than 
  we 
  were 
  

   led 
  to 
  expect 
  it 
  would 
  be. 
  In 
  November 
  the 
  weather 
  was 
  very 
  pleasant 
  ; 
  

   since 
  then 
  it 
  has 
  deteriorated, 
  though 
  the 
  snow 
  has 
  not 
  again 
  covered 
  

   the 
  ground 
  as 
  it 
  did 
  when 
  we 
  first 
  arrived. 
  Probably 
  the 
  previous 
  

   accounts 
  of 
  its 
  meteorology 
  were 
  based 
  upon 
  observations 
  taken 
  in 
  parts 
  

   of 
  the 
  island 
  where 
  bad 
  weather 
  prevails 
  ; 
  or 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  that 
  the 
  condition 
  

   of 
  the 
  country 
  in 
  winter 
  has 
  been 
  presumed 
  to 
  be 
  constant 
  throughout 
  

   the 
  year. 
  In 
  one 
  respect 
  we 
  were 
  rightly 
  informed 
  ; 
  for 
  usually 
  when 
  

   there 
  is 
  no 
  breeze 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  gale. 
  A 
  calm 
  day 
  is 
  an 
  exceptional 
  event. 
  

   Meteorological 
  observations 
  are 
  being 
  taken 
  in 
  Observatory 
  Bay 
  on 
  board 
  

   the 
  ' 
  Yolage 
  ' 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  sappers 
  on 
  shore. 
  

  

  Corresponding 
  with 
  the 
  unlooked 
  for 
  superiority 
  in 
  climate, 
  a 
  differ- 
  

   ence 
  is 
  noticeable 
  in 
  the 
  A 
  7 
  egetation 
  of 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  island. 
  Some 
  plants 
  

   which 
  occur 
  at 
  both 
  extremities 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  display, 
  in 
  Royal 
  Sound, 
  

   marks 
  of 
  luxuriance. 
  For 
  instance, 
  Pringlea 
  antiscorbutica, 
  which 
  is 
  

   elsewhere 
  apetalous, 
  here, 
  in 
  sheltered 
  places, 
  frequently 
  develops 
  petals 
  — 
  

   some 
  flowers 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  inflorescence 
  possessing 
  one 
  petal 
  only, 
  others 
  

   having 
  two, 
  three, 
  or 
  four. 
  And 
  the 
  petals 
  are 
  not 
  always 
  of 
  a 
  pale 
  

   greenish 
  colour, 
  but 
  occasionally 
  are 
  tinged 
  with 
  purple. 
  Again, 
  Lomaria 
  

   alpina, 
  which 
  is 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  flora 
  as 
  rare 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  

   Christmas 
  Harbour, 
  is 
  excessively 
  common 
  and 
  very 
  finely 
  grown 
  here. 
  

   There 
  are 
  also 
  more 
  species 
  of 
  flowering 
  plants 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  higher 
  orders 
  

   of 
  Cryptogamia 
  here 
  than 
  were 
  found 
  by 
  the 
  Antarctic 
  Expedition 
  at 
  

   the 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  island 
  ; 
  bat 
  there 
  are 
  fewer 
  species 
  of 
  Mosses, 
  Lichens, 
  

   and 
  Algse. 
  Their 
  paucity, 
  in 
  comparison 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  district, 
  

   is 
  probably 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  rocks 
  on 
  land, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  seclusion 
  

   of 
  the 
  bay 
  from 
  the 
  open 
  sea. 
  The 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  flora 
  are 
  for 
  the 
  

   most 
  part 
  Ealkland-Islands 
  species. 
  

  

  In 
  speaking 
  of 
  the 
  climate, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  that 
  the 
  plants 
  of 
  Ker- 
  

   guelen's 
  Island 
  are 
  not 
  (as 
  was 
  supposed) 
  in 
  flower 
  throughout 
  the 
  year 
  ; 
  

  

  