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ptosphate mines on Ta^ble Mountain, Init the attendants of the property 
would not let us thro\3gh the enclosure surrotmding it without an order 
from the owner and, as this had not heen arranged for in advance, we 
were unable to visit that place. Jan Tiel afforded some Interesting 
material, hut it is not so rich a collecting ground as Spanish Water. 
On A.pril 2Uth we continued our westward journey, dredging 
off G;J.era Point, Colombia, on the 25th. The 26th found us at anchor 
again in Caledonia Harbor. The return visit was very welcome, as we 
were able to round out the collections made here on the earlier visit. 
This time a lot of tl depools were poisoned and a good series of fish 
obtained. Porpoises were sought for in vain. Those that we had seen 
here earlv in the month were not to be located, though we cruised up 
and down outside the Bay for {jpiite a time. 
Throughout tbs cruise we had almost continuous strong easter- 
ly winds. They would tend to die down after midnight, but with sunrise 
v/ould increase in force until they reached 5 in the Beaufort scale by 
mid-afternoon. It was rough going roost of the time; so much so that 
whenever it w'-s necessary to get a night of rest, the ship had to come 
to anchor in some sheltered place. The "fiddles'* or racks were kept on 
the tables throughout the ciuise from Panama to Panama. 
In spite of the unfavorable, though not bad, weather, eicten- 
sive collections were obtained and a satisfactory reconnaissance made 
of the invertebrate fauna of the north coast of fouth America, I sin- 
cerely regret not obtaining any porpoises. I was impressed with the 
scarcity of specimens from that coast in museum collections. One would 
have to give more time to porpoise hunting thaft we could afford, and a 
harpoon gun should be included in the equipment of any expedition seek- 
ix3g porpoises in those usually rough waters. 
We arrived off Cristobal in the early morning of April 2Sth, 
but had to wait a day here until the battle fleet he.d completed its 
passage through the Canal, Saturday, April 29th, we started through 
the locks on the Atlantic side, arriving at Balboa at 2:00 p.m. from 
Balboa I returned to Washington, leaving the Pacific side shortly after 
1:00 o'clock on April 30th to join the S.S. CRISTOBAL, which was sched- 
uled to sail from Cristobal at 3:30, but which did not get away until 
some time after U:00 p.m. 
While at Balboa, I attended a lecture at the Gkjrgas Institute 
on Saturday night , the 29th. Sunday morning, April 30th. I gave some 
time to the members of the Panama Field Club, helping them sort out and 
identify some of their crustacean collections. 
I landed in Hew York about S:30 a.m. on May 8th. After 
attending to my baggage transfer and ticket, I notified Mr. Pyfe, the 
