corals, lead marks, etc. We remained at anchor until 10 A.M. most of the passengers spending the time on the boats, scales. 5 Sea smooth with vessel staying part of time. In the afternoon we were directly east of the Island of Guadaloupe^ which has bold sloping sides, + a truncated top or summit of green wealth like a tableland. At noon we were in sight of the island of Martinique which had a sharper & higher cone than Guadaloupe. No sea birds were seen although we were in sight of islands nearly day. 10 dropped anchor in clover bay at 9 P.M., weather for day smooth