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Berkeley, Calif. 
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1 a» gJL3,d. that you bad such a successfai ‘cruise. 51 
ifl lilt ml&* covered a lot of gtMnd in spite of the rou#i 
w»th@y and scarcity of fish. In truth, 1 did make ouito 
a show o,f myself oft that* rm out old* the Gate, hit on this 
trip even In the roughest weather I'?e Lad no trouble at all 
2he bottom ampler 1ms given esc ell east service. 
On a- a© oso. 3 -nio.Ti we picked up about two foot of very sandy 
mud of the consistency of rubber. wmxui, jot. know, is vary 
difficult of uenetmt ion. 
fc* V: 
' 'VA **>>*»., 
ft a'V'/fcJtor occasion sis ladies 
of hard pan v&m brought up. Of course this last sample 
did not attend Into the paper tube* 2Ms bottom »s almost 
fi 4* 
jaw 
like rotten stone; it Mart ousts fingers to onmble it. 
no *Jiiac has the closing device failed to function* The 
upper rod we Ml shortened to d> out eighteen inches , beoaufle 
the large wed 
fpf^ 
b- 
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suspended it beneath while lowering it 
by means of the large v&nob 
m *m . if** 
^ mr.*m #Ma 
Shat ms 
prior to the 
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ii,.... 
r putting the cable on the small winch. 
Of late we have be cm using the bottom sampler with it, and 
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Used with a small winch 
without &m fcaaitional -- a 
