BAHAMAN EXPEDITION 87 
“Day after day we anchored in the comparatively shallow channel 
separating the reef from the main island. Rough weather interfered 
so much with our work that on only two occasions during the month 
that we staid there was it possible for our rowboats to reach the outer- 
most portions of the reef, still we were, in time, able to survey the whole 
of the reef at Little Golding Cay and to form a rather definite conception 
of its structure and the succession of life zones of the various forms of 
madreporarian corals by which it is built. Excellent photographs were 
secured of the exposed portions of the reef, and we were even fortunate 
enough to obtain through the water some views of the inner and outer 
submerged slopes. ‘The low scattered fringing reef which extends 
southward from Little Golding Cay was explored for ten miles, as well 
as weather conditions would permit. Our collecting in the meantime 
progressed so well that at the end of the month we were able to send the 
schooner off to Nassau to unload. 
“During the ten days while our boat was absent, portions of the 
coast and the bights and creeks afforded good collecting, and a fairly 
representative collection was made of marine invertebrates of the littoral 
zone. After the return of our vessel, this time a larger sponger, the 
first one having sprung a leak, weather conditions were still more un- 
favorable, and our work on the reef was interrupted for days at a time. 
At Middle and South Bights some large pieces of coral were secured, 
and smaller ones, from which color sketches of the various species were 
made, were collected daily. 
“One of the numerous ‘ocean holes’ near-by was visited. ‘These are 
caverns or hollows in the bottom of the sea. Their sides, as far as visible, 
are lined with wonderful growths of coral, and their waters are alive 
with many-colored fishes. They have their counterparts on land in the 
holes and caves which everywhere perforate the wolian limestone of 
which the islands consist. 
“As soon as we were satisfied that a sufficient amount of material 
had been obtained for the construction of a corai-reef group, our remain- 
ing collections were packed and put on board the vessel. ‘The return 
was made by way of Wood Cay and High Cay, where we had hoped to 
obtain specimens, but at both places rain and wind storms effectively 
prevented any work. ‘The packing and shipping of our now rather 
extensive material occupied about ten days after our return to Nassau, 
and then Mr. Miiller sailed fer New York. 
