particularly a species of tlie genus Caranx, called,
apparently in common with many other edible fishes
in Spanish or Portuguese M'aters, ‘ Cavalao.’ The
texture of the fish is rather coarse, but the flavour
is good ; it is allied to the ‘ tunny ’ of the Mediterranean.
Next day the rocks Avere alive with surveyors and
observers of all kinds, and hlne-jackets fishing and
scrambling, and otherwise stretching their legs and
enjoying a firm foundation under their feet. The
attention of the naturalists was chiefiy directed to
the southern rock, Avhich is considerably the larger.
Both the tern and the hoohy breed here. The hoohy
lays a single egg on the bare rock. There were a
number of eggs and yonng birds seen, but as with the
tern, the principal breeding season was past. In the
morning both the hoohy and the noddy were quite
tame, but towards afternoon even these fcAV hours’
contact with humanity had rendered them morcAvary,
and it was noAV no longer possible to knock them
down with sticks or stones. We had even some little
difficulty in getting a specimen or tAvo of the Sula
for preservation, as we had miAvisely left this to the
last.
■While some of the party were exploring the rock,
we tried once more a plan of dredging which we had
adopted with some success anchored on a hank at
Bermudas. We sent a boat off AA'ith the dredge to a
distance of a quarter of a mile or so from the ship,—■
the boat taking the dredge-line from the coil in the
ship; let down the dredge there and Avonnd the
dredge-rope sloAA'ly on hoard Avith the donkey-engine,
thus dragging the dredge for a certain distance over