249 as boat sent by Dr. Murphy is hopeless for the purposes intended for a collapsible boat. It is far too heavy folded-up to be port- able and being fitted throughout with iron will last only a short life in this climate. Feb. 13th Off Cormorant Entrance at 8 A.M. which leads into the great enclosed lagoon that ex- tends sixty miles westward of Tagula Is. It is bounded on the south by a barrier of reef with occasional entrances and on the north by the peclain line of irregular, rugged Calvados is- lands - all fringed with reef, stone, and islets. This is a favorite techo-de-mer fishing ground. "Pana Tinani" (Joannet Is.), the largest measures about 10 miles EX N and 2 to 3 NX5 and lies only two and a half miles NW of Tagula. "Hemen- ahei" (Flat Is.) and "Pana Wiza" (Kaluma Is.) are close at hand to the westward across a narrow passage. "Pana Tinani" rises to 1100 feet at its eastern end, being the highest of the chain. The rest of the Calvados extend directly westward for about forty miles; six are of considerably more area than the others which are very num- erous and invariably of small individual size. The chain itself lies in the middle of a stell