LEAVE BERMUDA. 
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Palma, one of the Canary Islands, in sight— Sounding and dredg- 
ing — Cape de Yerde Islands in sight — Anchor of Porto Grande- 
Survey the anchorage — The town and adjacent scenery — Leave 
for Santiago — Anchor off Porto Pray a — The town — Its natives — 
Dredging for pink coral — Proceed towards the African coast — 
Course altered for St. Paul’s Eocks— The rocks in sight— Made 
fast by a hawser — Crossing the Line — The old customs — The 
Southern constellations — Arrive at Fernando Noronha — Disap- 
pointment at not being able to land for collecting specimens — 
Sounding and dredging— Cape Antonio in sight — Anchor off 
Bahia — The city — Excursions in the country — Brazilian scenery — 
Foliage and vegetable products — Case of yellow fever — Leave 
Bahia— Section commenced to Cape of Good Hope — Island of 
Trinidad — Passage across the South Atlantic — The drift nets — 
Incidents of the voyage — Sea-birds— The soundings — Pick up 
the “ westerlies ” — Tristan d’Acunha in sight— The settlement of 
Edinburgh — Squally weather — Visit the Inaccessible 'island — 
The brothers Stoltenhoff : their story — Table Mountain, Cape 
of Good Hope, in sight — Anchor in Simon’s Bay — Placed in 
quarantine. 
Oh the morning of June 12th we proceeded from the 
Camber, and anchored for a short time off St. George’s. 
During the two following days we remained in the 
vicinity of the reefs, before taking our final departure 
from Bermuda, when it was decided to make another 
section across the Atlantic to the Azores. Seventeen 
stations were decided on, and during the passage we 
had most favourable weather for carrying out the 
proposed programme. 
The soundings showed that almost a level plateau 
existed, with a bottom of grey ooze, and an average 
depth of 2600 fathoms. The dredge frequently 
brought up many creatures of the greatest interest, 
and current observations were most successfully 
carried out. 
