At St.Jago in the Cape de Verd Islands, I remember having seen in a ravine a retired corner covered with bones of the goat; we at the time exclaimed that it was the burial-ground of all the goats in the island.

I mention these trifling circumstances, because in certain cases they might explain the occurrence of a number of uninjured bones in a cave, or buried under alluvial accumulations; and likewise the cause why certain animals are more commonly embedded than others in sedimentary deposits.
"None can reply--all seems eternal now.
The wilderness has a mysterious tongue, Which teaches awful doubt." (8/11.

Shelley, Lines on Mt.

Blanc.) One day the yawl was sent under the command of Mr.Chaffers with three days' provisions to survey the upper part of the harbour.

In the morning we searched for some watering-places mentioned in an old Spanish chart.