BARBADOS-ANTIGUA EXPEDITION 59 
and things looked serious. Greenlaw, however, was equal to the 
occasion, and finally managed to get a hitch on the post with 
the steel plow-rope used in dredging, thus bringing the pitch 
of the boat to bear directly on the dredge, breaking it loose, 
when it was easily brought up. For some reason the dredge had 
- not tripped. 
On another occasion the bicycle chain engaging the drum 
suddenly snapped, and we had to haul in some 200 fathoms of 
wire rope by hand, a hard grinding job in a pitching boat, 
mostly accomplished by the powerful muscles of Greenlaw. 
We dredged at just one hundred stations off the western and 
southern coasts of Barbados. The eastern and northern coasts 
were impossible dredging grounds for us, on account of the 
prevailing strong trade-winds and heavy seas, much too heavy 
for successful work in a 27-foot launch. Besides, these shores 
offered no harbor whatever, being without indentation or off- 
shore islands of any kind. In such waters any engine trouble . 
would be fatal, and we dared not risk it. 
4th. Land parties. These almost exclusively consisted of 
Henderson, who was after land mollusks and was sometimes 
accompanied by Miss Sykes; Mr. and Mrs. Stoner, entomolo- 
gists; and Professor Thomas, the geologist of the expedition. 
All of these did good work and secured large series of speei- 
mens, some of which will be discussed further on. 
In this connection mention should be made of the work of our 
photographer, Mr. Ricker, who was more or less amphibious and 
accompanied any party whose work needed pictorial representa- 
tion. He also often went ashore by himself and wandered about 
Bridgetown and other parts of Barbados at his own sweet will. 
As a result, we have not only a very complete series of negatives 
representing the work of the expedition, and also the life of 
the Barbadians, both urban and rural; but, in addition, a very 
large assortment of scenic views of that remote and little known 
island. It is possibly true that nowhere else has so limited an 
area been more profusely represented by photography. In ad- 
dition to the “‘still pictures,’’ a number of quite interesting 
“‘movies’’ were taken, illustrating not only occasions of unusual 
public interest, but also depicting the street life of Bridge- 
