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down which we could not clamber ; 

 other species in muddy eel-grass flats 

 far out from land, so that our sea- 

 weeding had to be done from boats. 

 Two or three negro boatmen rowing us 

 wherever we desired to go, we jumped 

 overboard (wearing bathing dresses and 

 long-legged rubber boots), and fished 

 about for the weeds. Where the algae 

 grew on rocks the water was usually 

 very rough and we were often in danger 

 of being washed off our feet ; but we 

 would cling to each other, one steady- 

 ing the other while she dived for a 

 desirable specimen. In this way at 

 Annotta Bay we gathered quantities of 

 " fairy umbrellas'' (Acetabularta crenu- 

 lata L amour) and "tiny cat-tails" 

 D asy clad us clav&formis [Roth] Ag) 

 growing together on small stones and 

 completely covering them, in water over 

 our heads. The boatmen kept as near 



