CRUISE OF 1939 



most remarkable sights I ever saw. An unusually large number of men 

 were aboard, all seated around the cockpit— in which was standing a horse! 

 When the boat came about, the boom had to be lifted over the horse's 

 back. They had left the dock at about five o'clock in the afternoon, and 

 no doubt their destination was at least far enough away to require sailing 

 all night. 



On Sunday, April 2nd, we left Nassau with our course laid for North 

 Bight, Andros. We had in tow a launch with glass in her bottom to use 

 for finding more readily objects for photography. We arrived at 4: 00 p. m. 

 and did a little trolling as we neared land. Finally, the water became so 

 shallow that we struck a couple of times. Just then, I hooked a dolphin 

 and Captain Billsborough, to prevent me from losing him, kept moving 

 until he was brought aboard. We found ourselves in a bad place with ebb 

 tide and did not get into clear water until we had bent a propellor blade. 

 When we found water enough to anchor in, two boats came out to us 

 and stood by, the crews silent, as usual, holding their positions by sculling. 

 One, containing three negroes, looked interesting and we asked them about 

 Bone fishing. They said they would guide us for five dollars and that the 

 proper time would be during the next afternoon. I said, "We don't need 

 all three of you." The reply was, "Yassuh, 'cause we is a company." From 

 that time, we called them "Andros Fisheries Limited." 



Next morning, we made a search in the launch for sea gardens. The 

 glass bottom boat was a great aid, but to our disappointment, nothing of 

 photographic interest was found. Everything on the bottom seemed 

 blighted with a brown deposit which must have come from decaying 

 vegetation in the water flowing out of the Bight from the interior of the 

 island. After lunch, "Andros Fisheries Limited" appeared, ready to take 

 us to the Bone fishing flats. As two seemed enough to go fishing, Arthur 

 and Howard set out in the launch with "Andros Fisheries Limited" in tow. 



Fan and I visited the village at Bahrint Point. For this purpose, we used 



