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from so unexpected a move it disappears in the 

 opposite direction to your pursuit. On account 

 of the charge it has acquired the reputation of 

 being a bad customer to meet. Its scales are 

 rather large and smooth. The genus is common 

 to the West Indian region and is related to South 

 American forms of the east coast. 



Before returning to the light, a survey of about 

 a mile of the rocky beach was made. Among the 

 numerous tide pools, in the honeycomb rock, we 

 found by far the richest littoral collecting yet 

 encountered. These pools are veritable aquaria 

 of marine life. Although we took a large series 

 of mollusks, including Livona, Chiton, Pisania, 

 Conus, Mitra, and other representatives of the 

 ''aristocratic" genera along with many crustace- 

 ans as well, we soon realized that here was too 

 inviting and rich a field for so hasty a visit as the 

 lateness of the hour would permit. 



Our catch was largely augmented by the mate- 

 rial brought in by the Boy Scouts that Dr. Torre 

 had mobilized. The children gathered about us 

 eager to exchange their shells, bugs, lizards, and 

 what-not, for our pennies. To compute the 

 amounts due them required a vast deal of counting 



