The hcacli, at first thought to be composed of 

 sand^ was found to consist of very small frag- 

 mmdB tisketih t in mme fkem th&f iiad bee^me 



(iVoiu some cause not readily accouiitod for) 

 firuily compacted ton-etlier. These slahs were 

 foruied oi' several layers, of which the size of the 

 fragments differs in each layer : they are used 

 fbf tonrfb^-stones, steps tif dOeacSi «i?e iMfoketi 

 mA burued fVn- liuie. Of the vegetable kiuodoui, 

 a species of Euphorl>ia ouly was growiug, distri- 

 buted ill suiall tui'ts, but not very abiiiulaiitly, 

 about the rugged lava ; it was at this time in floAver : 

 tills simple pl^jat was, !n€«e4 a1>e3«jtiM^lgect 

 amidstsucli barren scenes. Tk^are^&i^^ecies 

 of butterflies on the island, of handsome colours* 



A great acquisition to the island has been a 

 good supjjiy of >vater : a shaft had just been 



inconvenience is their b^ing obliged to bnng the 

 water down hy easks in carts; but iron ]>ipes, 

 from England, are now being laid down, to 

 ^Efoy tlie waierto the wharf, and-tli^ shipping 

 will he supplied hy m^sixsof hoses. Mocsriog^ m& 

 laid down in the roadstead. Tlie turtle-ponds 

 >vere well stocked witli turtles of large size, 

 \ ;n \ ing from two to eight hundred weight each : 

 the pnce fixed, >vas fifty sliillings each* "W^ were 



