4 
Sarly the next aorning we left for fortnga Island. Dredg- 
ing, shore collecting, and seining for fish, as well as dredging from 
the ship, were landertaken during the day. The next day and a half 
were spent at Ouhagua Island, Venezuela. In this vicinity we spoke 
to some natives who said that poi*poi 8 es appeared at times and that 
they would try to get at least one for n®, as very generous payment 
was promised them in return; Bit, to every one's regret, the por- 
poises did not apnear as expected. 
V 
Leaving Ouhagua Island on the 15th of April, we made sev- 
eral dredge hauls off this island and between it and the one not far 
distant, Coche Island. ‘ 
Toward noon the morning of the loth we’ arrived at Port of 
^pain, Trinidad, ’fhile there; dredging was done in the harbor, a 
visit paid to the famous pitch lake, and an auto trip made to the 
far side of the island for the purpose of collecting at Manzandlla 
Point. As we wished to include Tobago in our itinerary, the Captain 
did not stay as long as might have been desirable at Port of Spain. 
Miss Deichmann had told me that some very good collecting was to be 
had in the islands off the northwest point of Trinidad, but we were 
unable to visit them. 
We anchored off the town of Scarboroiigh, Hockly Bay, Tobago, 
shortly after noon on April 19 th. The afternoon was spent in dredg- 
ing off the town and about the ship's anchorage. The next day a bus 
"as hired to take all the collectors over to the west side of the 
island so that we might get out on the luccoo Eeef about which I had 
heard from Captain John Mills, of the Carnegie Marine Laboratory, 
He had been there with the late Dr. Alfred Q. Mayer a good many years 
a^. It is as fascinating a place as I have ever seen. It is, as 
<me might say, a superlative Tortiagas coral reef. We left Toh^o in 
the late afternoon of the 30th. The next day we made a number of 
dredge hauls from the ship on the north side of Margarita md forttiga 
Islands. We anchored in the harbor at Willemstadt, Curapao, at S:00 
o'clock on the morning of the 32nd. 
On Ouragao there are also large oil refineries belonging, 
in this case, to the Royal iXitch Shell Co., and vying with those on 
Anuba for the distinction of being the largest in the world. As a 
ccmsequence, the greater part of the south ^ore to the windward of 
the refineries is tar-coated. Some very interesting localities that 
were investigated years ago by various Dutch naturalists have been 
obliterated. A few specimens were gotten from the dump of a suction 
dredge which is working in the larbor at Willemstadt. Otherwise, the 
shores of this harbor are well nigh impossible to land on because of 
the heavy and viscous coating of refinery residues. Shore collecting 
was undertaken at Jan Tiel, some distance to the eastward of Willem- 
stadt. We had planned to work Spanish water and also visit the 
