We found here the usual indications of occasional visits of the natives in a pit dug as a well, and numerous remains of turtle and fish about the fireplaces.

A few quails, doves, and other common birds were met with.
On August 18th we removed to an anchorage under Number 6, the second largest of the group.

With the exception of a sandy, grassy plain, half a mile in length, the whole of the island is densely covered with mangroves, and fringed with a reef of coral, chiefly dead.

Great numbers of large turtle-shells were scattered about, showing the periodical abundance of these animals.

Another large vampire-bat, Pteropus funereus, differing from that of Fitzroy Island, was met with in great numbers among the mangroves--a very large assemblage of these animals on the wing, seen from the ship while approaching the island, quite resembled a flock of rooks.