The variety of coralines which girt the shores of this island was very great, and large collections were made, as well of these as of the numerous zoophites which filled up every part of the reefs below high-water mark. This collection, of which unfortunately no duplicates were kept, was afterwards lost. SULPHUR ISLAND Lies in latitude 27º 5' north, and longitude 128º 25' east. An accurate representation of it is given as a frontispiece. We attempted to land, but the surf broke every where so high against the rock that this was impossible. There is a crater on the left side with white smoke issuing from it; this has a strong sulphuric smell. The sides of the crater are stratified. The south end of the island is about four or five hundred feet high, and is formed of a dark dingy red rock distinctly stratified; at several places it is cut vertically by great dykes, which being more durable than the strata which they intersect, stand out from the face of the cliffs to a considerable distance. FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 19: Specimen 7, infra.] [Footnote 20: Specimen 8.] [Footnote 21: Specimen 10.] [Footnote 22: Specimen 11, infra.] [Footnote 23: Specimen 9.] [Footnote 24: The island above described was so named by Captain Maxwell, in compliment to the memory of the distinguished philosopher whose theory has been used to explain the curious phenomena which it exhibits.] END OF THE APPENDIX. VOCABULARY OF THE LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT THE GREAT LOO-CHOO ISLAND, IN THE JAPAN SEA. COMPILED BY HERBERT JOHN CLIFFORD, ESQ. LIEUTENANT, ROYAL NAVY. IN TWO PARTS. OBSERVATIONS ON THE LOO-CHOO LANGUAGE. Of the grammar of this language I pretend to little knowledge, but the following observations upon some points may perhaps be worth attending to. The most striking circumstance, is the frequent use of the words _noo_ and _ka_; the former of which seems to signify _of_, or the _'s_ of the English language, as will appear in _choo noo ka_, a man's skin, or the skin of a man; _ooshee noo stinnoo_, the bullock's horn, or the horn of the bullock; and in _moo noo kee saw'teeyoong_, to dig potatoes out of the ground, or, literally, potatoes of the earth to dig out. _Ka_, it will be observed, is used to denote skin, and also seems to signify a receiver or enclosure, as is expressed in the words _meezee ka_, a well of water, _meezee_ being water, and _ka_, the place containing the water; and in _ya ka saut eechoong_, to go out of a place, _ka_ in this instance expressing the enclosure, _ya_ you, and _sawt eechoong_ to go out from, as _eechoong_ signifies to go. The adjective is for the most part placed before the substantive, as _teeshooee ickkeega_, an old man; _wusa ya_, a mean house; and _wockka innago_, a young woman.