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with crumbs from the table, and 

 pressed specimens of Sargassum which 

 the sailors kindly fished up for us by 

 means of long boat hooks. The speci- 

 mens varied as regards the length and 

 width of the fronds, and they have 

 been classified as Sargassum bacci- 

 ferum and S. b ac ciferum forma 

 angustum. 



On Saturday we saw the first land 

 since leaving Boston. San Salvador 

 came into view as a mere speck on 

 the horizon. We watched this speck 

 most intently until we were enabled to 

 make out a lighthouse on a long, low 

 strip of land far away to our right. 

 Then we again watched it recede from 

 view, recalling all we could remember 

 and imagine of Columbus' wonderful 

 experiences on that first momentous 

 voyage to the new world when this 

 island came into view to cheer his 



