144 May 1854 Hong Kong, China quaint old book, shewing well the character of the religion and divines in the English Church during the 17th century. Monday May 15th In the afternoon I took an excursion along the flat muddy shores of Hongkong cast of Victoria town, at low water mark. The heat was very oppressive and I could only collect near sunset. I got a great variety of animals peculiar to such localities - many worms, Thecamtius, Tinnece and a number of Venusiform bivalves, Soleus etc. - Foriaster very abundant - the same species that I had dredged in the Atter two [illegible] found in the Channel - Lucina & Arthropecton, usually found in the Channel were here found at l.w.m. It was after dark when I returned. The excursion was made in "John's" pull-away-boat Tuesday May 16th and Wednesday May 17th Made excursions about the harbor among the trawling-boats, got a new Doryffe, plenty of Caliptra and several other inter- esting animals: shewing that with the seasons the character of the fauna in. 145 May 1854 Hong Kong China habiting the bottom had changed somewhat - some species becoming more abundant - others less so. The average temperature during the day now is 17° higher than when my April collec- tions on the same bottom were made; that of the water 12° higher, which would ac- count for the change in the fauna. Thursday May 18th. With the Commodore's sanction Mr Wright and myself made an exchange of some portions of our duties: he taking the duty of collecting insects; I, that of seaweeds. May 19th and 20th Made an unsuccessful endeavor to pur- chase some books ashore. (for observations see inside of two leaves pasted together betw pp. 137, 138.) May 23rd Collecting together all the tids not already pack- ed, - those on board and those at the observatory. The latter have been undergoing a drying process for the last two months. I took a long walk a shore for this purpose and suffered much from the heat of the sun - a thick uniform cost not being quite as good a protection as the white jackets, which, with cork-hats and