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SINGULAR ARCH. 
sketch, is a light and somewhat high arch, resembling 
the mouldering remains of a Gothic gateway. It is 
about fifty feet in height and thirty in breadth"'L 
Fish are abundant, and, from January to June, the 
green turtle {Testudo mydas) visits the islands in great 
numbers for the purpose of depositing its eggs. ; 
During those months no gun is allowed to be fired, as | 
the least noise frightens these amphibia, nor are any i 
persons permitted to turn them except men regularly 
employed for the purpose. As many as fifteen hun- 
dred have been captured in one season, averaging each 
^ Nearly everything that can be said of tliis desolate-looking 
island has been given in the excellent description of it by Captain 
Brandreth, E..E. 
