w© aailed iroa Los Jn^eies Harbor on Ceceab©r IOth« A rua of & litti© 
batter thaa tbrse aay© ea» us aacbored ia Brsitbsaite Bay, Hoeorro Island on 
d®iitessy df 10B4, for our lirst collsctiiig* A sssU conJL patcb was discovered 
Here, md from tb® several heads secured tor examination auch the same Foecil- 
lopora fauns was obtained as disracfcerised tb® ease coral t&ben the year previous 
at several place# la tlie Selapegas. 
Oa Jmmxy Sth, e full day was devo ted to Clarioa I gland md the @ad of 
the ii®vlllegi,gedo g:roup, lb® dredging rig tbst Mr* Swett bed designed end in- 
stalled ia one of tb® sbip*6 motorised wbsle boats proved most mecessful at both 
of these ©'tops* 
Oa January 7tb, the ship hove to off Clippertoa Idlmd, Isredgiag was 
att®aptei taut flv«i up, as botii bottoa sad weather proved too I'ougb, as laifbt 
be eaqpectad, aad it was also too mxxgh to ri^, m att«pt to land on tiiis ia- 
trlguiag, loaeXy, lo»»lyiag' coral stoll* Mot loag sft^ sidday tbe ship*® bow 
|vwf 
was tamed toward the Qslapagos, our a®xt objective, wbicfc mS(^'r&imd oa the 
borisoa oa tb® momlng of Jasiuaiy 11 tb. 
the first stop at tb© mo.md aost northerly of the Qal&p&gos Islands, 
Island, was aad© about noon* Her® ®e dredged in 120 to' ISO fetboas* 
flood luch la spite of strong currents attended our efforts -oa a rough sillipore, 
for Mbesarle* 
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Ibe boisterous win^- weather of last year was again at basid off tii@ 
aortb end of tots largest of the Galap^igos Isl'SadB arsd atgaia tiawartM oar attempts 
to get in pro'ductiv© «lr©dg© bmls. fh© aext sonaiag, Jaauaa^* IStb, toe ^nlMro riT 
procsedeo to lapas Gov©, Ubesimrl'® Island, More favorS'ble tides than bad previous- 
ly been encountered here added aeteri&lly to our represmtetioa of the inverte- 
brates froB this locality, a ratoer iaportmt one carclaologically becaus® of 
toe colleetiag done her© by tb© Hopkla© Stanford 2b©®ditioa of 1898-9'9, 
