. Three voyages of a naturalist, being an account of many little- known islands in three oceans visited by the "Valhalla," ; . et. In Brazilwe frequently landed through surf in the sameway, though the catamarans there are larger andare propelled by two natives. Our time ashore on this second day was limited,and we did not get very far beyond the Wilbraham and I walked for some distancealong the shore, and saw the same species of birdsas at Saint Pauls Rocks, but we noticed thatthe turnstone appeared to be quite numerous. There are, I believe, two species of lizardson the
. Three voyages of a naturalist, being an account of many little- known islands in three oceans visited by the "Valhalla," ; . et. In Brazilwe frequently landed through surf in the sameway, though the catamarans there are larger andare propelled by two natives. Our time ashore on this second day was limited,and we did not get very far beyond the Wilbraham and I walked for some distancealong the shore, and saw the same species of birdsas at Saint Pauls Rocks, but we noticed thatthe turnstone appeared to be quite numerous. There are, I believe, two species of lizardson the island, but we only saw one of them. Thiswas Mabuia punctata, and it seemed to be a mostabundant species on every part of the island. As we had many other interesting places to see,our stay on Fernando de Noronha was of necessityvery short, and after two days we set sail forBahia, in Brazil. It is probable that in a fewyears time Fernando de Noronha will cease toexist as a convict settlement. We were informedthat as capital punishment had taken the place ofexportation for life in Brazil, no more convictswere to be sent CHAPTER III. ITAPARICA, BAHIA. During the three cruises of the Valhalla,we made two visits to Bahia. On the first occasionwe landed on 26th December, 1902, ChristmasDay having been spent in sight of the coast ofBrazil, while on the second we dropped anchorin the Bay of All Saints on 10th December, 1905. Some six miles from the town lies Itaparica, alarge island inhabited by about 30,000 people,and it was here that most of our time (a fortnighton each occasion) was spent. During our firstvisit some time was occupied in finding the mostsuitable places for landing on this island, and alsoin searching for the best spots for collecting birds,butterflies, and other specimens. What we learnton this occasion, however, proved of the greatestassistance during our second visit, as we were thenable to find the passage through the reef withlittle difficulty, and go a
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