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Journal of HMS Supply for 1874 by John N.Stone, Surgeon, which mainly includes notes...
Catalogue reference: ADM 101/147
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ADM 101/147
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Date (When the record was created)
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1874
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Journal of HMS Supply for 1874 by John N.Stone, Surgeon, which mainly includes notes about Kerguelen Island.
Pages 1-6: Cape Coast Castle.
Pages 7-9: Haussa Force.
Pages 10-11: Sierra Leone.
Pages 12-15: Kroomen.
Pages 16-17: Chest capacity of Kroomen.
Pages 18-19: Ascension.
Pages 20-21: Rollers at Ascension.
Pages 22-24: Green Mountain at Ascension.
Page 25: Dampier’s Spring at Ascension.
Page 26: Ascension geology.
Pages 26-27: Ascension natural history.
Pages 28-29: Quitta.
Pages 30-31: Congo.
Pages 32-33: Banana Creek.
Pages 34-37: Fish Bay.
Pages 38-39: Blank.
Pages 40-106: Kerguelen or Desolation Island.
Pages 41-43: Kerguelen, heavy gale.
Page 44: Kerguelen, Bligh’s Cap.
Pages 45-46: Kerguelen, Digby Point.
Pages 47-48: Kerguelen, Whalers.
Pages 55-:57 Kerguelen, astronomer’s establishments.
Pages 58-59: Kerguelen, Mount Ross.
Pages 60 and 66: Kerguelen, Transit of Venus.
Page 63: Kerguelen, German Expedition.
Pages 64-65: Kerguelen, boat accident.
Pages 68-69: Kerguelen, climate.
Page 70-75: Kerguelen, geology.
Page 76-101: Kerguelen, ornithology.
Page 76: Kerguelen, Teal.
Page 80 Kerguelen, Gull.
Page 82 Kerguelen, Tern.
Page 84 Kerguelen, Chionis.
Page 86 Kerguelen, Albatross.
Page 88 Kerguelen, Penguins.
Page 90 Kerguelen, King Penguin.
Page 91 Kerguelen, Crested Penguins.
Page 91 Kerguelen, Non -Crested penguins.
Page 93 Kerguelen, Petrels.
Page 94 Kerguelen, Grey Petrels.
Page 95 Kerguelen, Black Petrels.
Page 96 Kerguelen, Blue Petrels.
Page 96 Kerguelen, Small Black Petrels.
Page 99 Kerguelen, Skua.
Page 100 Kerguelen, Cormorant.
Page 101 Kerguelen, Cape Pidgeons.
Pages 102-106 Climate of Kerguelen including a table of wet and dry bulb registrations for December [1874?].
Pages 107-122: Blank.
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