NARRATIVE OF THE CRUISE 



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On the morning of April 28 we picked up the northeast trades 

 which blew without interruption until we reached Guam. We 

 celebrated this event by catching a fairly large shark. Excellent 

 steaks were served that night. Almost everyone on board had 



A "Snapper" Type of Bottom-sampler 



Equipped with trigger-device and detachable lead weights which may be left on the 

 bottom thus saving considerable power on hauling in the sample. 



a hand in the killing. Paul collected several bottles of parasites 

 from the skin, including the little sucker-fish remora, and hundreds 

 of tiny crustaceans marvelously adapted to their life upon the 

 host. The stomach was searched, but only a few large feathers 



