This electronic edition prepared by Dr. David C. Bossard
from original documents in his personal library.
June, 2003
Copyright © 2003 by David C. Bossard.
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INTRODUCTION
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CHAPTER
I.
ENGLAND
TO LISBON AND GIBRALTAR.
H.M.S. Challenger
commissioned at Sheerness -- Objects of the voyage -- Equipment and
fittings -- Leave Sheerness -- The stormy passage --
Arrive at Portsmouth -- Commencement of the voyage -- Leaving
England -- Weather in the Channel
-- Across the Bay of Biscay --
First sounding and
dredging -- The results -- Land in sight -- Enter the
Tagus -- Anchor off the city of Lisbon -- Visit the
shore -- Sight-seeing -- Church at Belem -- Churches, gardens, and
palaces -- Early history of
Portugal -- Visit of King Luiz to the Challenger -- Leave Lisbon --
Dredging off Cape St. Vincent -- First
trial with the trawl -- Venus's flower-baskets -- Description --
Trawling near Gibraltar -- Obtain
specimens of the Umbellularia -- Their description -- Pass Cape
Trafalgar -- Rock of Gibraltar in
sight -- Arrive, and secure alongside the mole -- Sights in Gibraltar
-- Galleries through the rocks --
Stalactite caves -- Gibraltar
as a military fortress -- Ceremony of opening and closing the gates --
The
naval establishment -- The town -- Its churches -- Garrison
library -- The Alameda -- Neutral Ground
-- Campa and San Roque
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CHAPTER
II.
GIBRALTAR
TO MADEIRA AND TENERIFFE (CANARY ISLANDS)
Leave Gibraltar -- Daily sounding and trawling -- Sight Porto Santo -- ts
discovery and early history -- Arrive and anchor in Funchal Bay, Madeira --
Its early history -- First impressions -- The gardens,
buildings, conveyances, dress -- Leave Madeira -- Pass the Desertas
-- Cape Anaga -- Teneriffe sighted -- The Peak --
Anchor off Santa Cruz -- The buildings and streets -- Scenery in the
country -- A scent of
the Peak -- Cruising amongst the group -- Sounding and dredging
-- Ball at the English Consulate -- Naval incidents
connected with Teneriffe.
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CHAPTER
III.
TENERIFFE
(CANARY ISLANDS) TO ST. THOMAS (WEST INDIES).
Leaving Teneriffe --
Sight of the Peak -- Commence section across the Atlantic -- Daily
soundings and
trawlings -- The results -- Configuration of the bottom -- In the
Tropics -- The officers of the ship
-- Life
on board -- Our daily doings -- Description of the mode of sounding --
The apparatus and appliances
used -- Taking serial temperatures -- Dredging and trawling -- Island
of Sombrero in sight -- Arrive
and anchor at St. Thomas.
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CHAPTER IV.
ST. THOMAS (WEST
INDIES) TO BERMUDA AND HALIFAX (NOVA SCOTIA), AND BACK TO
BERMUDA.
At St. Thomas -- The
town of Charlotte Amalia -- Importance of the island -- English vessel
in distress -- Tow her into port -- Leave St. Thomas -- The
first death on board -- Soundings -- Burial at sea -- Bermuda
in sight -- Sounding round the reefs -- St. George's -- The narrows --
Pretty scenery -- Reach the
anchorage in Grassy Bay -- The Naval Yard -- Historical sketch of the
Bermudas -- Geological and
botanical researches -- Leave Bermuda -- Soundings -- The Gulf
Stream -- Long Island to Nova Scotia -- In Halifax harbour
-- The city and its suburbs -- Gold and coal mines -- Halifax to
Bermuda -- In the
Camber -- The sand glacier -- The caves.
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CHAPTER
V.
BERMUDA
TO THE AZORES, CAPE DE VERDE, ST. PAUL'S ROCKS, FERNANDO NORONHA,
TRISTAN D'ACUNHA, AND THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
Leave Bermuda
-- Sounding round the reefs -- Commence anothier section across
the Atlantic to the
Azores -- Anchor off Horla, Fayal
-- Fayal to St. Michael's -- The gardens -- Foliage -- Scenery -- Lake
of the Seven Cities -- Public
buildings and streets -- Leave the Azores -- Arrive at Madeira -- Short
stay there in consequence of
epidemic -- Section commenced across the Atlantic to the Coast of
Africa -- Palma, one of the Canary
Islands, in sight -- Sounding and dredging -- Cape de Verde Islands in
sight -- Anchor off Porto Grande
-- Survey the anchorage -- The
town and adjacent scenery -- Leave for Santiago -- Anchor off Porto
Praya -- The town -- Its natives
-- Dredging for pink coral --
Proceed towards the African coast
-- Course
altered for St. Paul's Rocks -- The rocks in sight -- Made
fast by a hawser -- Crossing the Line -- The old
customs -- The southern constellations -- Arrive at Fernando
Noronha -- Disappointment at not
being able to land for collecting specimens -- Sounding and dredging --
Cape Antonio in sight --
Anchor off Bahia -- The city -- Excursions in the country -- Brazilian
scenery -- Foliage and vegetable
products -- Case of yellow fever -- Leave Bahia -- Section commenced to
Cape of Good Hope -- Island of
Trinidad -- Passage across the South Atlantic -- The drift nets --
Incidents of the voyage -- Sea -- birds --
The soundings -- Pick up the westerlies -- Tristan d'Acunha in sight --
The settlement of Edinburgh -- Squally weather -- Visit the
Inaccessible Island -- The Brothers Stoltenhoff: their story -- Table
Mountain, Cape of Good Hope, in sight -- Anchor in Simons Bay --
Placed in quarantine
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CHAPTER VI.
SIMON'S BAY (CAPE OF GOOD
HOPE) TO MARION AND CROZET ISLANDS, TO KERGUELEN LAND
AND THE HEARD ISLANDS, THE ANTARCTIC REGIONS, AND TO MELBOURNE
(AUSTRALIA).
Simon's Town -- Visit
to Cape Town -- Discovery of diamonds -- From
Simon's Bay to Table Bay, round
the Cape of Storms -- Anchor in Table Bay -- The Challenger's ball
-- Return ball by the residents
-- Return to Simon's Bay --
Leave the Cape -- The Agulhas current -- The "roaring forties " --
Christmas
Day 1873 -- Sight and land on Marion Island -- Vast numbers of
albatross and other sea-birds -- Prince Edward's Island -- Sight the Crozet
Islands -- Passage to Kerguelen Land -- Arrival at and
description of the island -- Leave Christmas Harbour -- The
scenery -- Anchor in Betsy Cove -- From
thence to Royal Sound -- Three Island Bay -- Greenland Harbour -- Cascade Reach -- Hopeful Bay -- Rhodes
Harbour -- The seal fisheries -- Return to Christmas
Harbour -- Penguin rookeries -- The Arch Rock -- Leaving Kerguelen for the
south -- The Heard Islands -- Description of the land -- Leave the Heard
Is1ands -- The first Antarctic iceberg -- In the icy regions -- The
icebergs and pack ice -- Birds -- Cross the Antarctic Circle -- Early
explorers of these
inhospitable regions -- Wilkes' Termination Land -- The Aurora
Australis -- An Antarctic gale -- Enter
the pack -- No signs of land --
Leave the pack -- Dredging -- A second gale -- Shape our
course
for Australia -- Trawling -- The weather -- The last iceberg -- Passage
to Australia -- Land in sight -- Arrive and anchor in Hobson's Bay, Victoria.
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CHAPTER VII.
MELBOURNE
(VICTORIA) TO SYDNEY (NEW SOUTH WALES) AND WELLINGTON (NEW ZEALAND).
Melbourne -- The city
and suburbs -- Visit to Ballarat -- The city -- Its gold mines --
Melbourne to
Sydney -- First sight of Sydney Heads -- Arrive at Sydney,
New South Wales -- Anchor in Farm
Cove -- Sydney Harbour -- Picnic on Mount Victoria --
Zigzag on the Great Western Railway -- The Blue
Mountains, and Valley of the Nepean -- The city -- Paramatta River --
Rhodes -- The dredging picnic -- Entertainments during our stay -- Early
history of the colony -- Leave Sydney -- The stormy
weather -- Return and anchor in Watson's Bay -- Sydney to New Zealand
-- Daily soundings -- Rough
weather -- Anchor for shelter in Port Hardy and Queen Charlotte Sound
-- Man washed overboard
and drowned -- Sight Palliser Heads -- Anchor off Wellington -- Port
Nicholson.
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CHAPTER VIII.
WELLINGTON (NEW
ZEALAND) TO FRIENDLY AND FIJI ISLANDS, TO THE NEW HEBRIDES GROUP,
AND TO SOMERSET, CAPE YORK (QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA).
At Wellington --
Results of the soundings -- Formation of the bottom -- Description
of the city -- Australia and New Zealand -- Leave Wellington
-- Squally weather -- Sight the Kermadec Islands -- Sounding
and trawling -- The Friendly Islands -- Eoa -- Tongatabu --
Anchor off Nukalofa -- Tonga -- The
village: its natives -- Tapa: its manufacture -- Captain Croker's
attack on Bea, and the result -- Foliage and scenery -- Leave Tongatabu -- Passage to Fiji -- Off Matuki -- Anchor in
Ngola Bay, Kandavu -- Kandavu to Levuka -- Anchor off
Levuka -- Return to Kandavu -- Natives of the New Hebrides on board for
passage to Api -- Survey
Ngola Bay -- The scenery -- Tattooing -- Meke Meke -- Leave
Fiji for the New Hebrides -- Off Api -- The
natives land -- The landing, and what was seen -- Sounding and dredging
-- On our way again -- In the
Coral Sea -- Off the Louisiade Archipelago -- Raine Island -- The
Barrier Reefs -- Anchor off Bird
Island -- Arrive at Somerset, Cape York,
Queensland
CHAPTER
IX.
CAPE YORK
(AUSTRALIA) TO THE ARRU AND KII ISLANDS, TO BANDA, AMBOYNA, AND TERNATE
(MOLUCCA ISLANDS).
The settlement at Cape
York -- The aboriginal Australians -- Foliage
and birds -- Leave Somerset -- Pass through Endeavour Straits -- Off
Hammond Island -- Ceremonies relating to the
dead -- Australian graves -- Off Booby Island -- The
post-office -- Passage to the Arru Islands -- Anchor off
Dobbo -- Visit of the Dutch officials -- The settlement -- Its natives
-- Forest scenery -- Birds of
paradise -- Leave Dobbo -- Passage to the NE Islands -- Anchor off Kii
Doulan -- The forests -- Beautiful
birds and insects -- Boat -- building -- The village and natives -- Leave
the Kii Islands -- Pretty scenery
-- The Molucca Islands --
Anchor off Banda -- Gunong Api -- Banda Neira -- Nutmeg
plantation -- Animals
and birds found -- Banda to Amboyna
-- At Amboyna -- The city -- Get
a supply of coal -- Chinese
burial-places -- The harbour -- Arrival of the mail steamer -- Leave
Amboyna -- Cross the Equator
(second time) -- Pass the islands of Bachian and Tawali -- Tidoro and
Ternate in sight -- The
charming scenery -- Anchor off Ternate -- The village -- Clubhouse --
Sultan's palace -- Mohammedan
mosque -- Visit the spice plantations -- Trees and fruits -- Ball at
Government House
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CHAPTER X.
TERNATE (MOLUCCA ISLANDS) TO
SAMBOANGA, ILOILO, AND MANILLA (PHILIPPINE ISLANDS),
AND TO HONG KONG (CHINA).
Leave Ternate --
Mindanao, Philippine Islands, in sight -- Anchor off
Samboanga -- The village -- Hospitality of the Spanish officials -- Dance of the Malagahi Indians -- Leave
Mindanao, and anchor off Panay -- The town of Iloilo -- Leave
for Luzon -- Anchor in Manilla Harbour -- The city -- Cigar factories,
&c. -- Leave Manilla -- Passage to Hong Kong, China -- Arrive and
anchor in Hong Kong Harbour -- The
city -- Its residents,
shops, theatres -- Their temples and religion -- Joss, the mystery --
Captain Nares leaves for
England to take the Arctic command -- Loss to the expedition by his
leaving -- Arrival of the English
mail.
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CHAPTER XI.
HONG KONG (CHINA) TO
MANILLA, ZEBU, CAMIGUIN, AND SAMBOANGA (PHILIPPINE ISLANDS),
AND TO HUMBOLDT BAY (NEW GUINEA).
Leave Hong Kong --
Passage to Manilla -- Sight a derelict -- Tow her into Manilla --
Scenery on the road
and river -- Leave Manilla -- Passage through San Bernadino Straits
-- Numerous islands in sight
Arrive at Zebu -- The town -- Dredging for Euplectellas off the island
of Mactan -- Our success -- Leave
Zebu -- Passage to Camiguin -- The new volcano -- Its
effect on the surrounding country -- Anchor off
the village of Abajo -- Proceed along the west coast -- Anchor off
Samboanga -- The scenery -- Visit the
island of Basilan -- Get a supply of coal -- Leave the Philippine
Islands -- A course shaped for
Greenwich Island -- New route to and from Australia to China --
Unfavourable weather -- Sounding
and dredging -- Cross the Equator (third time) -- Course altered for
New Guinea -- Land in sight -- The
scenery and prospects of exploration -- Anchor in Humboldt Bay, New
Guinea.
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CHAPTER
XII.
HUMBOLDT BAY (NEW GUINEA) TO
WARES HARBOUR (ADMIRALTY ISLANDS), AND TO
YOKOHAMA (JAPAN).
In Humboldt Bay --
Natives alongside -- Impressive appearance of the
savages -- Attempted landing
frustrated -- Hostility of the natives -- Their villages,
canoes, &c. -- Leave the coast of New
Guinea -- Admiralty Islands in sight -- Anchor in Nares
Harbour -- Natives alongside -- Bartering -- Landing at Wild
Island -- The natives at home -- Description of the islands --
Survey of the group -- Leave the Admiralty Islands -- Course shaped for the Ladrone Islands -- Deepest
sounding for the cruise -- Unsuccessful in reaching either
Ladrone or Caroline Islands -- The Japan Islands in sight -- Enter the
Bay of Yedo -- Beautiful
scenes -- Anchor off Yokohama
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Yokohama -- The
cemetery -- Walks in the environs -- Visit Tokio (or
Yedo), the eastern capital -- Railway from Yokohama to Yedo -- Jinirikisha
-- Sojourn at Shiba -- The suburbs of Yedo -- The
streets and people -- "Curio" shops -- Lacquer-ware -- Street scenes --
The great temple of Asakusa -- Japanese
wrestlers -- Leave Yokohama for Yokosuka -- The Imperial Arsenal
-- C/i
allenjer in dockSecluded temple near Yokosuka -- Will Adams and
wife's tomb
-- Visit Kamakura -- The shrine of Daibutsu, the great god of Japan --
The
tea-houses -- Leave for Yokohama -- Yokohama to Kobe -- The rough
passage
-- Take shelter in Oosima -- Arrive at Kobe -- Anchor in Osaka Bay -- Hiogo,
Kobe, and
Osaka -- Railway to Osaka -- Its people and streets -- The great
temple of Tonagee -- Cruise in the
inland sea -- The fine and picturesque scenery -- Return to Kobe -- Passage
to Yokohama -- Dredging
picnic in Yedo Bay -- The results
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CHAPTER XIV.
JAPAN TO THE
SANDWICH ISLANDS.
Leave Yokohama --
Soundings of the U.S. ship Tuscarora -- Our course -- Passing the
meridian of
180° -- Two Sundays in one week -- Sandwich Islands in sight --
Anchor in Honolulu Harbour -- The
city -- Its streets -- Business habits -- American influence -- The
King -- Hawaiian Government -- Parliament -- Taxation -- The
Nuanu Valley -- Pretty scenes -- Villa and other residences
-- The Pali --
Horsemanship -- Visit to the fishmarket -- The natives --
Public buildings -- Parliament House --
Hawaiian Hotel -- The churches -- Queen's Hospital -- Courthouse
-- lolani Palace -- Levée at the Palace -- King
Kalakua and suite visit the Challenger -- Leave the Island of Oahu
-- Squally passage to Hawaii
-- Arrive and anchor in Hilo
Bay -- Volcanoes of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa -- The charming scenery -- The Rainbow Falls -- Bathing
-- places -- Visit to
the crater of Kilauea -- Scenes on the road -- The Halfway House -- Reach the crater -- The first sight of
the great cauldron -- The
Volcano Hotel -- Mauna Loa -- Return to Hilo.
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CHAPTER XV.
SANDWICH ISLANDS
TO SOCIETY ISLANDS.
Leave Hawaii, Sandwich
Islands -- Passage to the Society Islands -- Sounding and
trawling -- Cross the
Equator fourth time -- Death of Dr. von Willemöes-Suhm --
Biographicah sketch -- Burial at
sea -- Tahiti in sight -- Sounding and dredging
outside the reef -- Anchor in Papeite Harbour -- The
town and country -- Streets and natives -- Challenger's band
on shore -- Queen Pomare and suite's
visit to the Challenger -- Afternoon dance -- Ride to Point Venus --
The Broom Road -- Charming
scenes -- Natives met on the road -- Tamarind tree at Point Venus
-- Waterfall -- Hill fort of Fautana -- Fruits and plants
-- Alongside Fare Ute -- Coaling from the French depot -- A day outside
the reefs -- Dredging -- The company on board -- Swing
ship.
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CHAPTER XVI.
SOCIETY ISLANDS TO JUAN FERNANDEZ AND VALPARAISO (CHILI).
Leave Tahiti --
Parting scenes -- Westerly winds - Sounding and
trawling -- Juan Fernandez in sight
-- Picturesque scenery --
Robinson Crusoe -- Anchor in Curnberland Bay -- The
tablet at
Crusoe's look-out -- The Settlement past and present -- Leave Juan Fernandez -- The run to
Valparaiso -- Arrival and anchor off the city -- The
city and harbour -- Swinging ship
for magnetic corrections.
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CHAPTER XVII.
VALPARAISO,
THROUGH THE STRAITS OF MAGELLAN.
Leave Valparaiso --
Sight Juan Fernandez -- Sounding and
dredging -- Strong head winds -- Fall in with
the westerlies -- Sight Cape Gallagos and Cape Tres Montes
-- Anchor in Port Otway -- The Entrance
Islands -- Last day of 1875 -- Leave Port Otway -- Passing through the
Messier Channel -- Anchor in
Hale Cove -- The scenery -- Foliage -- Leave Hale Cove
-- Continuance of passage through
the Messier Channel -- Stop and trawl off Middle Island -- The pretty
scenery
-- Anchor in Gray Harbour -- The excursions -- Grass and trees on fire
--
The grand effect at night -- Leave Gray Harbour -- Messier Channel and
Indian
Reach -- The English Narrows -- Mid-Channel Island -- The fine
scenery --
Dredging off Saumaurez Island -- Anchor in Port Grappler -- The
derelict Karnack -- Weather during our stay -- Leave Port
Grappler -- Pass through Wide Channel -- Dredging, &c.
-- Anchor in Tom Bay -- The excursionists -- Squally weather -- Drag
our anchors -- Leave Tom Bay -- Conception Channel --
Proposed survey in the Trinidad Channel frustrated
through the weather -- Pass through the Conception Channel
-- Soundings, &c., in the Innocent
Channel -- The fine scenery -- Anchor in Puerto Bueno Bay -- Pretty
scenes -- The weather -- Leaving
Puerto Bueno Bay -- The scenery and weather in passing through
Sarmiento
Channel -- Sounding and dredging -- The Zach Peninsula -- Anchor
in Isthmus Bay -- Leave Isthmus
Bay -- Passing through Mayne Channel and Smyth's Channel -- The fine
scenery -- Enter the Straits
of Magellan -- Cape Pillar in sight -- Enter the picturesque port
of Churruca -- The Glaciers -- Leave
Port Churruca -- Pass through Crooked and English Reaches -- Off
Fortescue Bay -- The Fuegians -- Off
Cape Froward -- Anchor in Port Famine -- The old Spanish settlement in
1581 -- The Chilian
settlement of 1843 -- Leave Port Famine and arrive at Sandy Point --
The Chilian settlement -- Coal
mines and gold workings -- Leave Sandy Point and reach the anchorage
off Elizabeth Island -- Exploring parties -- Finding fossil
bones -- Leave Elizabeth Island -- Passing through the second and
First Narrows -- Off Gregory Bay
-- Pass the Meridian of Cape
Horn -- Again in the Atlantic -- Pass Cape
Virgin -- Sounding and trawling
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CHAPTER XVIII.
CAPE VIRGIN TO
FALKLAND ISLANDS AND MONTE VIDEO.
Our first haul in the
Atlantic -- The Jason Islands -- Eddystone Rock -- Cape Pembroke,
Falkland
Islands, in sight -- Enter Port William -- Anchor off Stanley -- The
settlement -- Climate -- Death of an
able seaman by drowning -- Leave for Port Louis -- Anchor in
Berkley Bay -- Funeral of our late
shipmate -- Return to Stanley -- The stream of stones --
Leaving the Falklands -- Stormy
weather --
Sounding and trawling -- Sight the land off Lobos Island -- Pass
Maldonado Point -- Steaming up the
Rio de la Plata -- Anchor off Monte Video -- The city and suburbs.
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CHAPTER XIX.
MONTE VIDEO TO
ASCENSION AND THE CAPE DE VERDE ISLANDS.
Leave Monte Video --
Swinging ship -- Sounding and dredging in the River La Plata -- A
Pampara off
the coast -- Enter the cold current -- Its course -- Completion
of the voyage round the world -- What has been accomplished -- Course
shaped for Ascension -- South-east trades -- Arrive at
Ascension -- The garrison -- George Town --
Scenery -- The Green Mountain -- Ascension turtle -- Leave Ascension --
Sounding -- Cross the Equator
for the sixth time -- The
oppressive region of equatorial calms -- Steaming through
the Tropics -- Sight the Cape de Verde
Islands -- Arrive at Santiago -- Anchor off Porto Praya -- Leave for St.
Vincent -- Anchor in Porto
Grande -- Strong trade-winds.
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CHAPTER XX.
HOMEWARD BOUND.
Leave St. Vincent --
Head-winds and disagreeable weather -- Sight the coast of Spain --
Anchor in Vigo
Bay -- The city -- Channel fleet
-- Leave for England -- Off Cape
Finisterre -- Favourable run across the
Bay of Biscay -- The English Channel -- The coast of England --
Anchor at Spithead (Portsmouth)
-- Arrive at Sheerness --
Retrospect -- Pay off at Chatham -- Parting -- At home -- The end.
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ILLUSTRATIONS.
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Book Cover
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VIEW OF ST.
THOMAS, WEST INDIES [Not Included]
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Frontispiece.
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CAPTAIN GEORGE
S. NARES, R. N., F.R.S.
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THE CITY OF
LISBON, FROM THE TAGUS
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CHEMICAL
LABORATORY ON BOARD THE CHALLENGER
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NATURALISTS'
WORK-ROOM ON BOARD THE CHALLENGER
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SOUNDING AND
DREDGING APPARATUS
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THE KING OF
PORTUGAL ON BOARD THE CHALLENGER
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face 16
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PLAZA
CONSTITUCIÓN, SANTA CRUZ, TENERIFFE
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SOUNDING
ACCUMULATOR
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"HYDRA" SOUNDING
MACHINE
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"BAILLIE" SOUNDING
MACHINE
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VALVE SOUNDING
LEAD
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SLIP WATER BOTTLE
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"BUCHANAN'S
DEEP-SEA WATER BOTTLE
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"MILLER-CASELLA" DEEP-SEA
THERMOMETER
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CUP-LEAD
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DEEP-SEA DREDGE
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DREDGING
ACCUMULATOR
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CAMBER AND FLOATING
DOCK, BERMUDA
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OCEANIC SECTIONS
(ST. THOMAS TO BERMUDA -- BERMUDA TO NEW YORK -- HALIFAX TO
BERMUDA
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NATIVES OF
SANTIAGO, CAPE DE VERDE ISLANDS
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ST. PAUL'S ROCKS,
NORTH ATLANTIC
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ST. PAUL'S ROCKS, FROM THE EAST
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PEAK OF FERNANDO
NORONHA,
SOUTH ATLANTIC
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VIEW OF TRISTAN
D'ACUNHA
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TABLE MOUNTAIN,
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
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CHRISTMAS HARBOUR, KERGUELEN LAND.
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THE CHALLENGER AMONGST THE ICE IN THE ANTARCTIC
REGIONS
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DREDGING ON THE PARMATTA RIVER, SYDNEY
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SYDNEY, FROM PYRMONT, DARLING HARBOUR.
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NATIVES OF TONGATABU, FRIENDLY ISLANDS
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STREET ARCHITECTURE, DOBBO, ARRU ISLANDS
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NATIVES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
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228
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INDIAN VILLAGE ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER PASIG,
MANILLA
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VILLAGE IN HUMBOLDT BAY, NEW GUINEA
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face 261
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THE LANDING-PLACE ON WILD ISLAND, ADMIRALTY
ISLANDS
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ARTIFACTS (descriptions on page 271)
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face 270
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TOMB OF WILL ADAMS AND HIS WIFE, NEAR YOKOSUKA,
JAPAN
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WOMEN ON HORSEBACK, HONOLULU, SANDWICH ISLANDS
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TAMARIND TREE AT POINT VENUS, TAHITI, SOCIETY
ISLANDS
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CUSTOMS GUARD HOUSE, VALPARISO, CHILI
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336
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THE CHALLENGER IN CUMBERLAND BAY, JUAN FERNANDEZ
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MOUNTAINS AND GLACIERS IN MAGELLAN STRAITS
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CAPE FROWARD, STRAITS OF MAGELLAN
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THE CITY OF MONTE VIDEO, LOOKING TOWARDS THE
HARBOUR
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