 Darwin eagerly looked forward to seeing newly formed volcanic islands, and took every opportunity to go ashore while "Beagle" was methodically moved round to chart the coast.He found broken black rocky volcanic lava scorching under the hot sun, and made detailed geological notes of features including volcanic cones like chimneys which reminded him of the iron foundries of industrial Staffordshire.He was disappointed that he did not see active volcanoes or find strata showing uplift as he had hoped, though one of the officers found broken oyster-shells high above the sea on one of the islands.