STOBY OF THE BBOTHEBS STOLTENHOFF. 105 
Challenger , ten months afterwards. The Tristan men, during 
their nine days’ stay, had shot eight of the remaining twelve 
goats, and expressed their regret openly that they had not 
been able to shoot the other four. 
The Themis we saw at Tristan in January, but no visit 
was paid to us. 
About the 22nd January I swam round the point again, 
mounted the cliff, and succeeded in shooting four pigs. 
From these two buckets of fat were filled. I saw the four 
goats, but refrained from shooting them. The hams of the 
pigs I threw over the cliff to my brother. On this occasion 
I remained eight days on the hills, paying a visit to the hut 
on the west side every night to sleep. At this time the 
albatrosses and sea-birds were laying on the top of the island, 
and their eggs formed a portion of my food. The young 
sea-birds were also palatable. 
On the 1st February, the day after I rejoined my brother, 
a boat came across from Tristan, landed on the west side, 
and her crew shot or took away the only remaining four 
goats ; for what reason it is difficult to say, as there is an 
abundance of food of every description, including sheep, at 
Tristan. Their object appeared to us to be to drive us from 
the island. After a detention of a day, by bad weather, 
the boat returned to Tristan without communicating with 
us ; indeed, they endeavoured to avoid being seen, or so it 
appeared to us, who were in a measure unable to communi- 
cate with them. February passed quietly ; we were living 
on potatoes and vegetables from our clearings, mixed with 
fat. 
In March, our fat and potatoes being expended, another 
visit around the point was made by both of us in company. 
We discovered the loss of the goats ; but shot several pigs, 
and lived on the west side for a fortnight. During this 
time, on our excursions to the top of the island, we built on 
the summit a small hut of tussack grass, large enough to 
