CONTENTS 



PART I 

 UNDER SEA 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I Childhood Experience 3 



II First Visit to the Bahamas 7 



III Andros 19 



IV ExuMA 25 



V An Unsuccessful Effort 29 



VI Cruise of 1938 34 



VII Cruise of 1939 40 



VIII Superstition 50 



PART II 



EQUIPMENT 



I Equipment -57 



II "Three Men in a Boat" 64 



III Dangers and Precautions 72 



IV Barracuda and Sharks 80 



V Some New Ideas 84 



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