The foronoon of iipril Sife was apmt at M&dmmy Bay, Inde- 
fatigable Islan:d* Her® two brackish springs were 8zaa.in®d and tested 
for salinity (results appended)# As this is the island in which we 
were aost Interested, I endeavored to obtain a census of the popula- 
tion, but I fotmd that this was iapossible at this time. Most of 
the inhabitants appear to be living in the so-called^ aolst «on®, 
scsae hours.-; of travel distant, and no one, net -even -the goveraor at 
’^reck Say, could give me any definite count* Such reports on popula- 
tion as wore elicited tnm the todefatlgabl® residents at Aoad«y 
Bay and the captain in charge of the dataoteaent of soldiers indicated 
tlmt tliere might be from 65 to 1 00 individuals, .counting men, women, and 
children* As it was iterative tiiat the iblLLASD begin her survey of 
South Seyaour Island, we were unable to spend more than the one .half 
day at Ao&deay Bay* 
Wm arrived at our destination, Aeolisffi Bay, South Seymour, 
.about 4i30, j^ril 8th* . A tide gauge was .installed the first evening, 
and the tents, erected at tlw same time for the observers. 'Oi© next 
several days were given over to erecting signals ..for the triangulatioa 
survey of Horth and Soutli Seyiisour* Saaples of several very interost- 
iiig fossil deposits were brought bask to tbe HiLbAliD, fhes® are now 
in transit to.:tte Huseiru. 
In ftirtherame of siy desire to see more of Conifay Bay, ^ich 
¥fe believed to be one of the best centrally located harbors, aiai. so 
perhaps a favorable .site for the .estabiislzaent of the proposed labor- 
atory, Captain. Picking transferred me to the .S-46, cosaanded by Captain 
Lynch*. ¥e st®«aod over trj Ooirmy on the momini; of April 12th end 
spent the next four ciays tiiere*. .Several atteapts- were jpade to,.- work 
our, -way ..liilaad., in fete iiope of establishing . contact with an old, aban- 
doned plaatatloa hi.|^. up on the .ajrtiwectsm slope, of the- island, be- 
cause a spring is supposed fej exist there alcaig with a stand of basiam, 
orange, aiwi lemon, trees* W®.. fomd.it iapossible to get through to the 
higher levels beoaus®..-of the dwsity of the bin.ish and the .exceedingly 
rough terrain* ^ The shore; party needed .no persuasion to unqualifiedly 
accept, Cif ford P3jiohot'*s . desoripticai of the islei^ - -as- ’’inaoccs-sibl® 
Indefatigable**. There, is a nice lainiing beach at Conway Bay, but, ex- 
cept .for om sand dune, the land near by is generally low and densely 
brush covered. 
As w- learned frem mrious residents in the Islands, the 
present rainy eeasoa has proved to be on© of the wttest for -way 
years. -Tiiis was the report of the residents of Wreck Bay, Aoadmy 
Bay, .and Yillamil, on South .Albesaarle.,.. wMoh w®. visited before leav- 
ing the Islands. The ifittaer fmily, on Charles Island, voiced a 
similar ooiaaeat to the captains of the sutearines who visited thees 
during our sojourn at &uth Seymour*. They said that it w-as the wettest 
seasm tlmt they imd seen in the , Islands since their arrival in 19S2. 
Aa a result', w© found several fairly large poo,ls of fresh water a few 
hmdred yards ba<& frem the shore line at Commy Shy. Similarly, m 
South Seymour Island, three different groups- of int©n?dttmt fresh 
water ponds were found, but these ponds do not persist through the 
dry season, as I know frem personal experl eaoe* 
