158 Moustique. 14 June, 1891 melancholy scene on the scene of his father's death. On reaching the long-bridge to Windsor we noticed the big rollers dashing on the coral reefs, and picked up sponges and water ferns which had been washed on the sandy shore. We also noticed some timbers from a wreck that had occurred sometime ago. We came back by another way, and saw some plants of rice hemp that had been planted a short time ago, they are certainly thriving. The grass was covered principally by the Samoan grass Despalium distichum, and several Leucine Farnesiana and white edax—Tecmelleuvenyon, were also fairly abundant, and the purple bell-shaped flower of Ruellia tuberosa were frequently seen, as in Coromond and other islands. Close by a pond on the flat below the house, a fine large tree Albonoma digitata was growing luxuriantly, and it must have been brought to this island many years ago. After a good lunch we started for a long walk to the south end of the island. We first went along a rough road between two hill ranges, the road winding forming cuttings at the bottom of the valley in very wet weather, and the road had been much cut up in recent rains. On the banks running up the hill side the yellow flowered Prignonia unguis scrambled in all directions, and here and there the presence of the fine creeper was seen by a man of brilliant yellow against the foliage. 159 Moustique. 14 June, 1891 queen of the vegetation. Mountain dews are plentiful, and so is the Begonia plant. Now and again a crow has been flying across. An Elythronium and a low small-leaved Botan were plentiful, and a large Solanum and Heliconia spread out the land molluscs. We passed the remains of an old house and sugar mills at the end of the valley then it opens up into a small plain and above the old crumbling walls and ruin center was a hill on the top of which is an old fort, which we visited; yet however, without being well frightened by the spines of a cactus. Opuntia Java which grows here in profusion. Should perhaps luckily to use in the days of old to protect the island from pirates that then ranged these seas. When we got to the south end of the island was as dark and smoky and watched the waves dashing against the coral rocks. And there are three stones as the 'tomb' head cactus Melocactus communis, which were packed about in all directions on the rocky ledges, and on the sloping ground. In one at two the stems are double. We smashed up by our stumbling some grand cacti that would have been considered great prizes even at home. Having got tired of this sport, and of picking up crystalline pieces of rock we reached an steps, and came across the skeleton of a shark, and the remains of a young bird that had perished from Sata on