CROZET ISLANDS  , an uninhabited

group in the Indian Ocean, in 46°-47° S. and 51° E . They are mountainous, with summits from 4000 to 5000 ft. high, and are disposed in two divisions—Penguin or Inaccessible, Hog, Possession and East Islands; and the Twelve Apostles . Like Kerguelen, and other clusters in these southern waters, they appear to be of igneous formation; but owing to the bleak climate and their inaccessible character they are seldom visited, and have never been explored since their discovery in 1772 by Marion-Dufresne, after one of whose officers they are named . Possession, the highest, has a snowy peak said toexceed 5000 ft . Hog Island takes its name from the animals which were here let loose by an English captain many years ago, but have since disappeared . Rabbits burrow in the heaps of scoria on the slopes of the mountains .