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We put him hack in the holding pen with the other cmbs and used a 
smaller one as a sifljject. He dug in the sand very beautifully. Ihis is 
a very complicated procedure. The crab works the sand with his long 
slender legs, scooping it towards his mouth, and finally the sand and 
stones and pieces of grass shoot out like chaff from a threshing rig. 
From time to time, as the pile gets too big in front of him, he levels 
it off with his big claws. We did film of this operation, and I was 
especially taken with the close-ups made with the big camera. Tried some 
scenes with fill-in from our battery-operated bulb. 
Shortly before noon I had finished shooting both cameras. Tom showed 
up with a rupture in his reserve hose, bubbles cascading out of it. So 
he had no reserve air. Ho TOthod of repairing it in the boat. When we 
had gone to shore, repaired the leak, and chan^d the film in the cameras 
I found that I had been shooting without film. Big deal. First time that 
has ever hap^ned. Shall try to see that it is the last, flust shoot the 
close-ups of the crab over again. 
July 1st . Our film has comej Since it was delayed in Washington it was 
sent here in charge of the consulate. But althou^ shipped on the 22nd 
by air we couldn’t discover it arywhere on the island. We have been 
pestering all airlines and the consulate for days. Turns out the packages 
got delivered to the navy. I can’t imagine why. But they were brought to 
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the correct' destination eventually. Now I have two thoiisand feet of Ekta 
Commercial and the Rollei housing from Smithsonian. Unfortunately, the 
housing is minus the batteries and necessary attaclmrants, so I'll have 
to figure some out. In ny spare time. 
