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wildering variety and bound tight in miles of 

 green cordage. Here we made a splendid catch of 

 land-shells, but still no trace of the "lost species" 

 of Wright. 



On the return trip to the town time was taken 

 to survey the western face of the large twin 

 mogote of Dos Hermanos and also to explore 

 a small detached satellite of these. Nothing 

 of special importance was taken from either 

 station. 



At the hotel we found a telegram from Dr. Torre 

 from which we concluded he would be unable to 

 rejoin us here for the balance of our trip to the 

 eastward. This was a great disappointment, for 

 besides the pleasure of his company we had hoped 

 for his aid in making the proposed Guajaibon 

 expedition. 



In the late afternoon Greenlaw and Gill arrived 

 by motor car from Esperanza reporting a good 

 run in the schooner from La Fe. No attempt had 

 been made to collect en route. Instead of returning 

 immediately to the schooner we decided to spend 

 another day about Vinales to give the crew a rest 

 and an opportunity for a run ashore. This woiild 

 also enable us to examine more closely the north 



