At San Lorenzo,..Peru, "the waters abound with ex- 
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the Paumotu Group "the various snakes, the many-coloured 
fish, the great eels, enormous and voracious sharks, 
shells, large molluscs, spiders, with the curious lepi- 
doptera, seemed to have quite possession, their webs 
stretching in every direction, and occasioning us much 
annoyance: all gave a novelty to the scene, that highly 
interested and delighted us." At the entrance to the lagoon 
of Raraka "the way of catching fish here is quite amusing, 
and to it we owe the many specimens in that department of 
natural history which we obtained. The natives enjoy the 
sport amazingly, and both old and young are aj} in some way 
participators in it. Near the mouth of the lagoon are laid 
some coral stones, forming a rude and shallow pen, with a 
channel leading to it; several natives proceed about one-third 
of a mile up the beach of the lagoon, where they enter the 
water, ranging themselves in a row, tallest in the deepest 
water. They then move along down toward the pen, quite noise 
lessly at first, driving the fish before them. As they ap- 
proach they begin to splash and make a noise; the clamour 
gradually increases,untill it became one continued shout. 
they then contract themselves towards the pen, and the fish 
are seen jumping and dashing in all directions, as if very 
much alarmed, until they are forced to enter tne pen, which 
