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up for several miles but found no change in the con- 
dition • Here and there an area of 'white coral sand 
would make its appearance, extending usually at right 
angles to the shore line# We made a haul with the 
dredge in such a place and obtained nothing but a 
bottom sample # Returned to the schooner at 11 A.M# 
and worked on the catch# . Soon after luncheon we 
were driven below by a squall which lasted for about 
three hours* and ms ted much of our precious time# 
The mail steamer arrived from Esperanza and brought me 
a letter from Signa# It also contained two telegrams 
for De la Torre, stating that his mother-in-law had 
died# We dispatched Rodrigues to Pan de Asugar with 
them# Poor boy l He will have a wet ride, but the 
rain will bring out the land shells so the party should 
be a happy one, even if wet# 
Rodrigues and the expert returned about 3 P#M#, 
soaking wet# They delivered the telegrams to the man 
who runs the electric truck from Santa Lucia to the 
mine, who will hand them to De la Torre* he having 
stated to them that the party will not leave the mine 
until tomorrow morning# The temperature at 5:30 this 
morning was the same as yesterday, thatis, air, 78; 
water, 82# The shower this morning kept down the air 
temperature #to 73, but this soon changed to 78 when the 
rain stopped about 4:30# The shower showed a 3- inch 
fall in our vessel set out to catch and note the amount 
of rain# At 5 P#M# Greenlaw, Gill and I went out 
dredging# We made five hauls along the mainland 
shore westward from the anchorage to a little above the 
entrance to s anta Lucia, then two in midstream up toward 
the ship. The bottom along the shore - two fathoms - 
showed much vegetation and a very great number of small 
sea urchins# In one haul we had 84 of them# Our 
dredge was simply or amine cl full of them# 
The last two hauls were in 3 to 4 fathoms of soft 
mud. These yielded some Tellinas and two star fish 
of gray color, setose above, which shed their arms in 
a rather reckless manner # I was sorry to lose these 
as they would have made fine exhibition material, but 
as it was, I had to tank them# The specimens of these 
five hauls we have entered under Station f4# 
At 8:30 we made a trip tothe reef of Cayo Hutea# 
The night being cloudy and calm, we deemed it good to 
try the submarine light# We had considerable diffi- 
culty in getting tothe reef, but finally anchored 
safely in about 10 fathoms of water right over a 
splendid specimen of Porites palmats • Large fish 
failed to be attracted but vie secured a few small 
specimens and a fine lot of worms, shrimps and minute 
plankton# We made a stop in a shallow grass patch - 
6 feet - and found nothing different, so we returned 
