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might last a few hundred yards before a repetition was needed. A 
thunder storm passed over towards evening and all hands crowded _ 
under a temporary awning of canvass till the rain was over, allexcept 
the imp with the whip who took the driver’s place, where, b ie 
headed, barefooted and drenched he yelled to the team and forced 
them along. Whenthe shower had passed I began to find living land | 
shells in the grass by the way, and secured quitea number. These 
have been identified by Dr. Cooper with others taken upon the 
same expedition (Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., iii, pt. I, 99). We put up 
for one night at a ranch on the road to La Paz, and were delayed 
for half a day while repairs were made to the harness; it was no use 
chafing over the lost time which we so much desired to employ about 
La Paz. It was dark when we arrived at the picturesque capital 
and until daylight we did not realize that our quarters were on the 
beach and overlooking the placid Pichalinque Bay, which is part of 
La Paz Bay. It was yet too early in the season for the water birds 
to be common, and I doubt if they ever congregate there in such 
numbers as they do at Magdalena Bay on the west coast. 
Every time that I have been in the peninsula some one has told 
me about a black hare, “liebre,” which was found only on islands 
of the gulf, and this trip the stories were repeated and had the 
effect of hastening me on to La Paz, as the. reports designated Es- 
piritu Santo Island as the place where they could be found. This _ 
island, situated off the entrance to La Paz Bay, could be discerned 
from the town. A small center-board sloop and two Mexicans were — 
hired for a trip to the island. We left anchorage about ten in the 
morning and did not arrive at the island until midnight, owing to 
light winds part of the time, unfavorable tide, and most provoking 
of all I discovered, when too far out to return, that the center- 
board was removed! Yatchmen will understand the rest. Part of 
the night we were becalmed in the track of vessels, and not a lan- 
tern on board. It was a great relief to lie down and sleep for a 
few hours after anchoring in a cove close to the shore. Coffee, 
cheese and bread were eaten at daylight the next morning, and 
then I was carried twenty yards to the shore on the shoulders of 
one of the men who waded in half a fathom of clear water. As I 
expected to return to the boat by noon I did not burden myself 
with a canteen, and even neglected to take a lunch. Jack rabbit 
signs were found upon the sands immediately after leaving the 
