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Friars it is much better, especially on the south side, i.e., between White 

 Friars and Morro de Petatlan. Two hauls were made in deep water, 5 

 miles out from White Friars, in the mud, with not very encouraging re- 

 sults. The depths were 60 and 100-140 fathoms. From the deeper haul, a 

 larval spiny lobster created some surprise. 



East-southeastward from Morro de Petatlan, 115 miles, is Acapulco 

 Harbor. The entrance lies between the Acapulco heads. In the entrance 

 and farther in the bay there are several islands, islets, and individual 

 rocks, but there are safe passages into what "is considered the finest (har- 

 bor) on the west coast of Mexico." From the main bay there are second- 

 ary bays, upon the shore of one of which, Santa Lucia Bay, is situated the 

 city of Acapulco, the port of entry for the State of Guerrero. All around 

 the harbor are high mountains that provide shelter. The Velero III 

 anchored here, southbound, December 14-15, 1931, and northbound, 

 February 12-13, 1932. 



There is one dredging station 16 miles southeast of Acapulco Harbor, 

 2 miles offshore, in 1 1 fathoms, fine sand. 



From Acapulco Harbor, with the trend of the coast in the same gen- 

 eral direction, it is 115 miles to Chacahua Bay. From Acapulco east- 

 ward, the high hills in the foreground and the high mountains in the back- 

 ground gradually disappear, and for 50 or 60 miles they are little in evi- 

 dence. They begin to show again before Chacahua Bay is reached, so that 

 they take on much the same appearance as they do west of Acapulco. The 

 entrance to Chacahua Bay, 6 miles across, lies between two high, rocky 

 headlands, Punta Galera to the west and Morro Hermoso to the east, 

 which, like so many of the headlands along the Mexican coast, are each 

 connected with the mainland by a low isthmus. There are rocks and reefs 

 off Punta Galera, but few of them off Morro Hermoso. At the head of 

 the bay a sandbar separates the bay from Chacahua Lagoon. There are a 

 shore station at the margin of the lagoon and one at the rocks at the en- 

 trance, where Hcliasters are abundant. There are dredging stations in the 

 shallow water in the bay in sand, and outside the bay in 45-50 fathoms, 

 mud. 



East of Chacahua Bay the coast line continues eastward and then 

 swings to form a southward convexity before turning north of east again 

 to Tangola Tangola Bay, 95 miles from Chacahua Bay. 



Tangola Tangola Bay, the last of three shallow indentations of the 

 coast, with sandy beaches and rocky points between, is preceded by Santa 

 Cruz Bay and Guatulco Bay. It is only 6 miles across the mouth of the 



