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Leaving Nassau harbor with a very light breeze, we rounded 
the western end of the island of New Providence about midnight. 
Gradually freshening and favorable winds on a southerly course 
increased our speed, so that sunrise found us off the reef opposite 
the settlement of Mangrove Cay. The run was relatively smooth 
and without noteworthy incident except for the sudden and un- 
accountable explosion of the binnacle lamp about two o'clock 
in the morning, which accident scattered burning oil about the 
cabin. The resulting flames, until extinguished by the quick 
Fig. 16. Camp on the deck of a wrecked sailboat in a branch of Deep Creek. 
action of members of the crew on watch, threatened a conflagra- 
tion of serious proportions. 
We anchored inside the reef between Golding Cay and the 
mouth of Lisbon Creek, and landed at once to call upon the 
commissioner of that district, Mr. L. E. Forsythe, whose intimate 
knowledge of Andros gained through his long residence there 
served much in directing our future movements. 
Collecting was prosecuted here as far behind the marginal 
