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these, ground up into bits and mixed 

 with raw fish torn into small shreds, 

 formed a sort of salad very highly 

 prized by the natives. Boiled with 

 squid, they were also regarded as a 

 great delicacy. The native name was 

 limu kala. The red algae were most 

 common. Asparagopsis sanfordiana had 

 the appearance of a little pink or flesh - 

 colored pine tree, and, though most frail 

 to the touch, it stood with ease the 

 onslaught of the waves. Wrangelia 

 penicillata, a pretty, brownish-green, 

 filmy, fern-like plant, grew in tide pools 

 which were constantly replenished by 

 dashing waves. Deep, shaded crevices 

 in the reefs were lined with growths of 

 the dark red rosettes o f Amansia 

 glomerata. Several species of Galax- 

 aura and Liagora were common. 



Miss Crosby carried in her collecting 

 apron a hammer and chisel, being 



