BARBADOS-ANTIGUA EXPEDITION 165 
our party found plenty to do at English Harbor, in spite of the 
failure of our plans in regard to dredging off the coast of An- 
tigua. What little dredging we did inside the bays was very 
hard work, as the sticky fine mud had to be sifted through the 
sieve which was held over the side and swashed up and down 
in the water. This was as back-breaking a task as I ever tackled, 
and an hour or so was enough to satisfy my ambition, partic- 
ularly as the results were poor from a zoological standpoint. 
We did not confine ourselves to marine forms, however. Mr. 
and Mrs. Stoner reaped a rich entomological harvest at the 
peril of their lives, as they returned sometimes almost done up 
after a day’s work in the close tropical jungle. Professor 
Thomas was also successful in his geological collecting and se- 
cured what is doubtless the largest series of fossils that has thus 
far been taken from Antigua. His energy knew no cessation and 
his strength was equal to continuous work even in the tropics. 
He was perhaps the most indefatigable collector in our party 
and willing to help anyone else whenever occasion presented 
itself. 
Under the guidance of the Rev. Hal Shepherd we made a 
most interesting excursion to ‘‘Bat Cave’’ on the other side of 
Shirley Heights. The trail led up by Clarence House, across 
the ridge through some very thick jungle and then across a 
stretch of grassy, rock-strewn country. The mouth of the cave 
is well concealed and might be easily overlooked if one tried to 
find it without a guide. Inside is a chaos of broken rock as if 
great masses had been dislocated by an earthquake. The pas- 
sage leads down rather abruptly and soon plunges into utter 
darkness with deep fissures and crevices all around and beneath 
us, making the locality a dangerous one to explore without good 
lights. We were provided with two rather feeble electric 
torches, upon which not very much reliance could be placed. 
Rey. Shepherd had brought along a stout cord about sev- 
enty feet long. As the leader of the party, I elected myself to 
the arduous task of holding the end of this cord, squatting down 
on a rock where the last glimmer of daylight could be seen, 
thus generously allowing the rest of the part to enjoy the fur- 
ther exploration of the cave. They went on with the two lights 
and the other end of the cord, soon passing around the point of 
