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John, ChriE, and Ned spent the day looking for drOEilds and other 
things near the settlement of Adelaide. Came hack with five dromids (tl^ 
one I photographed previously was not a dromid, but a hypoconchas) , a 
great variety of star fishes, and. seveml stoaatopods , ‘ A good day. 
Tomorrow we will get busy with the little dromlds, and do the best we 
can until the close-up camera cob»8 back, 
Tom and I dropped under water in the evening in the stoinatopod area 
and etOB^ed about on the bottom for an hour or so looking for something 
to photogm^i. Again there were no stomatopods. Apparently they do not 
prowl at night as I had thought they did — at least not on a moonli^t 
night. Working with two cameras, flash bulbs, heavy iron tripod, hose 
lines, light cords that hang up on the rocks — I can think of simpler 
ways to take pictures. 
July 22 , Wednesday, Dromids are wonderful. Those that the boys brought 
us yesterday have sponge caps an inch -and -a -half across, and sit stolidly 
under them, holding them on, of course, with one pair of feet. Their 
bodies are orange in color, and the eponges slate blue. 
We detached one of the little cmbs from his bonnet, and set him 
dovm near it. Although we were In a sheltered area (the shooting enclosure) 
the sponge rolled with the waves. The little crab would appear to hunch 
himself, and at the right tiij® leap at the sponge. Sometimes it got away 
from him entirely, and scsnetimes he would cling to it while it rolled 
over and over, not giving up until he had Kanaged scmehow to secure his 
feet in the proper position and once again become a scmll walking sponge. 
