A few reached this island, hundreds of miles from the mainland, and here they remained to propagate.

At any rate, the naturalist was preparing to put his impressions and deductions into the form of a paper which he intended to submit to the National Geographic Magazine as soon as he returned to the United States.
The more practical Mr.Fitts decided to start a squab farm.
A few of the giant iguanas were seen, and many smaller ones.

The meat of the iguana is a great delicacy.

There were no beasts of prey, no herbaceous animals.
Lookouts on Top o' the Morning Peak reported the presence of monstrous birds at rare intervals.

Where they came from and whither they went no one could tell.