a oemus of th® population, but I found tlwt this ms impossible, as 
most of th® inhabitants top® said to b® liTiag itp in th® so-called 
moist son®, some hours of trawl distant, the reports on population 
that I was able to elicit from the residents at th© shore and the captain 
in charge of th© detaohneat of soldiers indicated some 66 to lOO indi- 
viduals, counting all men, woman, and children. As th© MAbLASD plmsned 
to mk© an intensive survey of South Srnymur Island, w© could not re- 
main longer, 
Froooeding to our destination, we arrived at our anohorage, 
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Aeolian Bay, Sauth S®y«5ur, about 4s.a), ipril 8th, fhs survey observa- 
tions were begun issediatelyt a tide gauge ms installed tli© first 
evening, and th© tents were erected for the .shore party. The nert 
several days wepe^ given over to erecting signals for the stjurvoy m 
Sojrth and South Seyaour* In th® eourse of th® survey, several very 
interesting fossil deposits were broufjit back to th© MALLAfiD, Kieso 
snacs are in transit to th© Wxmmm now, and I hope they say be given an 
early examimtion* 
As I was very anxious to mkm a thorough exaiaination of Con- 
way Bay, wilt oh seessed to be th© most favorable sit® for th© establish- 
mont of th© proposed laboratory, Captkin Fioking transferred me to sub- 
mrln© lo, 46, eowianded by Captain Lynch, W© steamed over to Cosseray 
Bay on the morning of April 12th and spent t!w next four days here. 
During this tla© we mdo several mdeavors to woik our my Inland, in 
the hope of establisMi^ <»staot with, an old, abandoned plantation, 
where there is said to bo a spring, with a stand of banana, orange, and 
lemon trees still remaining, ?f© found it iapossible to win our way 
