Rehder exp3-ored the Opunohu River at the head of the Bay. From its waters 
they brought back a score of snails^ a fish^ 3 crabs, and L shrimp. 
With the continuing good weather, the reef east of the Taareu Pass was 
visited Thursday forenoon, and dredging undertaken in the afternoon. The 
dredge was biting sharply on the rough bottom when an alarming jerk on the line 
rudely informed us that the dredge was firmly anchored. Dredging Society 
Island lagoons is always ticklish business. We were pretty close in. The 
sudden stop caused the "Mareva** to si'd.ng in alarmingly toward the coral studded 
shore line. Before we could cast the tow rope loose the Captain, more con- 
cerned with the safety of the ship than any specim.ens that might be in the 
dredge, quickly cut the rope. A man of foresight, he was alert to just 
such a contingency. Jack Randall and his aqualung had left us 
bail 
we provid3d each dredge with a light buoj^ line and^float so that it 
could readiljr be located should anything happen to the tow rope, or eho t- i - l d 
t.n b-r? ^^^'"t--n'iri In the evening we tied up at the Cook*s 
Bay Hotel dock. All hands from Captain down had dinner ashore for a change. 
Here we missed the Phillips-Titcomb party as they had earlier returned to 
Tahiti to avoid the incessant, hea'^/y rain to which we. were now^subjected from 
about seven that evening on throu^ the next morning. 
Mr. Kellum’s knowledge of good collecting grounds stemmed from his interest 
in building up an excellent series of m,ore species of shells than we were able 
to turn up in our limited stay in Moorea. He showed us more than a few ‘*tricks'* 
for finding this or that species of mollusc. He knew the habits of many of 
them as well as he knew those of his-^hildf^en. Very generously too, Mr. Kellum 
let Dr. Rehder select ay^ot oy duplicates for the National Museum^ 
Off ^ook*s Bay, vre used the last of our rotenone, but again the local 
currents spoiled i?&."funl* 
