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■volomle scenery of eH tb© aiieiiorages w© visited, in the course of two years# 
fTO days, January Mth and £5tb, were fiv«B over to coilacting in and ©bout 
<Smm Bay, vest side of James Island, after whicb a return was aade to CbarXes 
I ©land* 
Saroute to Charles lalaoc, dredging that was iaterruj^tcd last year* as 
the result of losing the net was again att»pt®d and carried through «ee@aei\illy 
in about 65 fatb^as in what I believe without a doubt is the richest bottoa sr«i 
for invertebrates in all tb© Galapagos, fhe ship lay ,to while tiiis wm being 
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'undert&hen. 
i© anchored ia fost Office Cterles lalarid on Jaamry £6th and 
worxed either her® or ia Black Beach Aaciiorag® until the somiag of the 51st. 
Collectiag was better than last year, tide® and dredging equifsaent being better. 
Charles l&lmd was th© best of the algal collectiag gTOuade ©acouatored, and w® 
:got our first porpois© her®, 
froa Charles Island to ClM*da«r Bay, Bood Islsad, was mmmhmt less 
than a five hour .nm, m that with an early start we were aKLe to anchor and be 
ready for mrk ia the lattes* place sAiortly after 8 a.m. on the Slat* Eotls dredg- 
ing and ahor© coilectitig; were good} and by stopping her®, m it turned out, we 
w®r® ahl© 'to aak® one of tli® major discoveries of the expeditioa. The Bood Island 
tortoises were app&raatly in & fair way of reestabii ®Mng tbeaselve® on that 
Island, Since 185S but five ^©ciams have bem taken her©,— three by the 
California Aeadesy of Sciences expedition in 1908 and 1906, and two ty the Pinchot 
expedition in 1929. Captain iiancock was able to secure over a do sen speclseas 
from soffi® Ghatliam I gland a&tiv®s he found eaesapsd on toe beach. These men 
reported -that th® tortoises w'«r® ^uite plentiful but poorly nourished. The Hood 
Island tortoises have, since toe heyday of Pacific wMling, bem considered veiy 
rare, and it ia «ico\ira.g:ln|j to know that their nuaber® nay now b® definitely on 
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