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Fig. 242 Interior of a crater at Daphne Major Island, Galapagos. The floor of 

 the crater is of sand and is occupied by families of nesting blue-footed 

 boobies. 



Fig. 243 Inlet at Academy Bay, Indefatigable Island, Galapagos, showing per- 

 pendicular lava cliffs and the two principal cactus types, Opuntia and 

 Pachycereus. Chart 108, p. 421. (Photograph by Wm. R. Taylor.) 



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Fig. 244 South Seymour Island, which extends northward from Indefatigable 

 Island, separated from it by a narrow channel. Its flora is similar to 

 that of the parent island, dominant forms being the bursera tree and 

 Opuntia cactus. 



Fig. 245 The veldt-like interior of South Seymour Island, Galapagos, showing 

 bursera trees growing among lava boulders. (Photograph by C. Mc- 

 Lean Fraser.) 



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Fig. 246 A view from South Seymour Island showing the many cones of Inde- 

 fatigable Island. The beach in the foreground is marked with the 

 tracks of the green sea turtle and the holes dug by the female turtle 

 for egg-laying purposes. Chart 106, p. 420. 



Fig. 247 North Seymour Island showing land iguanas from South Seymour 

 Island being landed in a transplantation experiment, there being no 

 land iguanas previously on North Seymour. A nameless island, composed 

 largely of sand, may be seen in the right background. It lies in the 

 narrow channel separating North and South Seymour islands. Chart 

 106, p. 420. 



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Fig. 248 Agaves, or Century plants, line the red clay road which leads from 

 Wreck Bay, Chatham Island, to Progreso, three miles to the interior. 

 Here the plants appear to grow wild, but at higher elevations they 

 form neat hedgerows separating the plantations. Chart 113, p. 423. 



Fig. 249 Village of Progreso, situated at an elevation of over 1,000 feet in the 

 interior of Chatham Island, Galapagos. The houses are built of cane 

 imported from the mainland, and many of them are elevated from the 

 ground in the manner of houses of the Santa Elena Peninsula. The 

 population of Progreso is said to be around 300. Chart 113, p. 423. 



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Fig. 250 The few buildings located at Wreck Bay, Chatham Island, consist of 

 headquarters for the governor and his military aides, and a lighthouse. 

 They are built of bamboo, or "Guayaquil cane," the same type of con- 

 struction found in the maritime provinces of Ecuador. Chart 113, p. 423. 



Fig. 251 Wreck Bay, Chatham Island, the principal port of the Galapagos and 

 home of the military governor. A treacherous reef at the harbor en- 

 trance obliges vessels the size of Velero III to anchor outside, while 

 small sailing vessels may anchor near the wharf. 



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Fig. 252 Post Office Bay, Charles Island, a favorite collecting ground for Velero 

 III scientists. Within a short radius may be found sandy beach, rocky 

 shore, brackish lagoon, and a sizable cave in which were trapped 

 many of the now extinct Charles Island tortoise. Chart 111, p. 422. 



Fig. 253 Captain Allan Hancock standing beside the barrel post office at Post 

 Office Bay, Charles Island, perhaps the best-known single feature in 

 the Galapagos Islands. This old barrel, or one like it, has been in con- 

 tinuous use since the days of Gloucester whalers, 150 years or more ago. 



