The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-04-23

The third party was in charge of
Lieutenant i. L. Reichmuth, junior
grade, who had with him Midshpman
ID. o. Thomas, ]. C. Jensen, chief gun.
nec's mate, and w. A. Seymour, boat
swain s mate, first class. They found
two empty bottles on the islet desig-
mated as No. "a, the northern part of
which was covered with bushes and
thick underbrush.
Midslipman II. r. Gilbert was in
charge of the fifth exploring group, hav-
ing with him Midshipman j. A. Logan.
J. Mccarthy, turret captain, first class;
/. Il. Williams, boatswain IS mate sec.
ond class, and ]. w. Thomas, quarter
master, third class. They found two
broken bottles and log that had been
cut with an axe.
The fourth group with Lieutenant C.
A, Dunn, Junior grade, in charge, as
sisted by Assistant Surgeon r. Cuth-
bertson, Midshipman o. o. Hagen, +.
II. Nelson, chief machinist's mate, and
5. NJ. Brandau, chief machinist Is mate,
were assigned to explore all the eastern
bare part of the island.
Ensign II. c. Train had charge of the
sixth exploring group, having with him
Midshipman +. B. Melendy, 2. Turcotte
boatswain Is mate, second class, and w.
s. Mooney, gunner's mate, first class.
They found the same mysterious letter
"M' carved on the fallen branch of a
tree.
The seventh and last exploring group
was in charge of Lieutenant (iunior
grade) @. G. Davy, who had with him
X. z. Restad, chief quartermaster; A.
M. Eggleston, seaman; J. Reitl. sea-
man, and r. j. Patterson, a hospital
apprentice.
Find Huts on Some Islands.
Upon penetrating inward on Islet No.
81, which was thickly wooded, this
party found three huts not visible from
the sea.
Zone has matched roof.' saws
Rear Admiral Switzerland, "and two
have roofs of corrugated iron with
Trade Mark Redcliffe' stenciled ON IN.
per surface. Dressed lumber has been
used in part in the construction of each
of these huts.
One. hut contains a table, shelves,
stools, chopping block and low double
stove, open at the top and built of new
red pressed bricks, with several old fire
bricks among them. A similar double
stove is located outside of this hut.
second hut contains a new door
htted with lock and number of new.
empty oriental cedar cases about tween.
ty-four inches by sixteen by sixteen.
some OF which have been marked on one
END by FASTING a piece of Japanese
newspaper on the boards and writing on
IT, as on a label with black ink and n
marking brush. One such label was
brought off to the ship and has been
translated, as follows:
This case contains ammunition
May seventh,
FOR the purpose of verifying the
translation this label is transmitted
herewith IN separate envelope mark ed
". Its bad condition is due tn the
iact that the officer VINO obtained it got
INTO the water up to his neck before
reaching the ship.
Inc third hut contains many emDtv
cases of different kind and size from
those IN the second hut, and without
any distinguishing marks"
Among other miscellaneous articles
found by the explorers were n largg
mallet (new), Japanese wooden shoes, n
1oothDrush, and old bed, small tin
pump, empty Standard Oil kerosene
cans, rain spout, lamp chimney
many cords of split wood, wooden
rake, an old canoe paddle, an old spade
and small can without label filled
with tow and cocoanut oil.
| A large sunken pit was discovered
I'D which birds had been burned and
three skid logs for running a boat M
are installed on one of the beaches.
Peculiar Vegetation Pound.
Commenting ON the vegetable life
found on Palmyra, Rear Admiral South
erland says:
! Most Of the islets have many cocoa
nut palms bearing abundant fruit
Young palms are growing about tn,
groves and ON neighboring spots. wher,
the nuts have been carried or washed
up. On the southern part of the islanf
are many trees which appear to b,
species OF the Hawaiian Koa. On III,
northern and extreme eastern parts Of
the island are found n hard and a soft
variety of palm, having straight trunks
which split above the ground into many
straight ramifcations extending into
the soil in the form of skeleton cone
The most abundant vegetation IL
found in the form of tree low and
spreading, the bark of which resemble.
that of q cottonwood while its genera
appearance is similar to that of a scrut
oak and its wood is very soft. A lower
growth, found in all parts growing
from the ground and trees standing OF
fallen, is parasite having broad
straight leaves from two to three feet
in length. Short weeds with soft rec
stems and small round leaves; variety
OF bunch grass, and two kinds Of
ereepers complete the list of vegetabl,
life observed"
OF the animal life on the island III,
report says:
There are numberless hermit crab.
and several varieties of land crabs
some of which are of considerable size
A few small lizards were the only rep
tiles observed. No quadrupeds wer,
seen. The only insects found were a
few small red ants, species of wood
ffa1r nj .