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slammed into that immovable mass 
of coral rock. The: mighty 
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thump, the ominous grinding, and the shudder that ran through 
the ship not only brought us up short, but made us fear the 
worst. There was a rush forward on deck, and below, to check 
the damage. With the use of an aqualung we were able to determine 
that the nasty gash 3 feet below the waterline was only skin 
deep and that our cruise had not been brought to an untimely end. 
Working along the shore of the large lagoon at the north 
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end of the island, Dr. Clarke 'hit upon a unique and an exceedingly 
productive method of gathering in the small beach-life commonly 
found in and under the wrack left by wave and tide on many 
shores. He threw some of this stranded flotsam in the water 
close by. Everything alive in it, apparently aware that it 
would soon become part of some hungry fish's meal, makes all 
haste to get out of the ,! drink." Should the wet trouser leg of 
collector who started all this be closer at hand than the beach, 
it becomes crowded with little arthropods frantically seeking 
ref uge--insec ts , myriapods, and beach-fleas. Thus, it bee 
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an easy matter to pick them off with forceps or scrape them up 
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with the lip of a bottle or vial. It is a superlative method. 
Another way of capturing these ubiquitous creatures is to bury 
2 to 3 inches deep a not too shallow pan with about an inch of 
5 percent formaldehyde solution in the bottom 7 so that the edge 
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of the panLs level with the surface of the sand. Leave it out 
over night and the next morning you will be rewarded with a rich 
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