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was found on this coast ; but the result of our dredg- 
ing was not very successful. A few specimens 
were, however, obtained, similar to the red from the 
Mediterranean, but no pink. 
After three days, we started on the 9th of August, 
st. Paul’s rocks. 
and continued our section towards the coast of Africa. 
It was now the rainy season, and each day as we 
neared the Equator we felt its disagreeable effects. 
We ran on under the favourable influence of the 
trade-winds, taking a line of soundings as far as lati- 
tude 3° north, when we were just off Cape Palmas, 
