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strange appearance [[strikethrough]]due to[[/strikethrough]] because of the [[strikethrough]]frequent[[/strikethrough]] many tall Cereus and tree like Opuntia cacti encountered everywhere, plants of normally desert or at least very dry regions. Near our landing [[strikethrough]]On this island too where enough weathered soil had accumulated among the In were[[/strikethrough]] place in Conway Bay we found standing pools of [[strikethrough]]water[[/strikethrough]] good fresh water which if we [[strikethrough]]had[[/strikethrough]] did not know better, might well have been taken as permanent. South Seymour one of the smallest as well as [[strikethrough]] one of the [[/strikethrough]]driest and most open of the islands had several large shallow ^[[rock [[?]]]]lakes  of considerable area and extent