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on the road ten minutes before the punishment we had been 

 taking from the sun's rays began to assert itself and we 

 began to realize that we were "sunburnt"! By the time we 

 reached the ship we felt exactly like two live broiled lobsters. 

 In addition, we had a dizzy feeling, which we tried to ease by 

 lying down. But we could no more lie down than fly, for 

 we were sunburnt on every blessed inch of our bodies ! After 

 a night of misery, we presented ourselves at sick bay next 

 morning and asked to be relieved and turned in. The doctor 

 certainly told us what he thought of us and ordered us to be 

 painted with picric acid and turned in. I had just fore- 

 thought enough before turning in to clump my shells in a 

 bucket and stow it in an unused bulkhead. For three mortal 

 days we twisted in agony, getting no rest or sleep, while the 

 skin peeled off us in slabs. Meanwhile we had left port and 

 put to sea. But to crown my misfortunes, while I was laid 

 up some able seaman found my bucket of shells and dumped 

 the smelly mess overboard ! I didn 't mind the sunburn and 

 the loss of liberty (though my companion did), but I did be- 

 wail the loss of my beloved shells. 



Our next port was Guaiitanamo, Cuba, where I found all 

 the species I had taken at St. Thomas, as nearly as I could re- 

 member, and more too. On the coral cliffs near the marine 

 encampment I found Tectarius muricatus way above high 

 water, four species of Nerita, two Littorinas, Trochus, Li- 

 vona, and many others. The rocks were just paved with 

 thousands of Acanthopleura granulata and Chiton squamosus. 

 These last were way out where the surf was crashing and 

 many times I had to drop my knife and hang on like a limpet 

 while a wave broke over me and soaked me to the skin. This 

 time, however, I took the precaution to keep my skin well 

 covered. On a nearby beach I found Modulus modulus and 

 Cerithium atrattim in company 011 the eel grass, also my old 

 friend the Echinus. Burrowing through the mud, I found 

 several Strombus gigas, S. bituberculatus and Vasum muri- 

 catum. On the way back I noticed a white land shell plentiful 

 on all the bushes, which I later identified as Cepolis ovum- 



