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t^ichor^? at 10;5 d a. m. in 72 fathoms. A 0 ^~~ ashore after some delay 
caused by the necessity of finding a practicable landing place. We got 
through the surf alongside a line that Joe Balicki swam in for us. Our time 
was limited, so it was necessary to collect what we could in short order. 
The thirty-two bird skins obtained here were almost all the result of the 
marksmanship of #. Oomdr. Kelley and Mr. Michael 
A number at' sand hoppers or amphipods were obtained feist* 
new species is represented. Among the other crustaceans secured were a pair 
of burrowing shrimp, Callianassa . showing well defined color markings in brown 7n 
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on their chelae, something not ordinarily expected in subterranean, more or ^ ^ 
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less colorless an 1 roal s ./ AhtaHM Mmmgs sample of ‘the algal group of the central 
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lagoon was preserved for the algologist, j*b» has since reported that the 
«ater in the Clipper ton lagoon is surprisingly fresh, and at most (probably 
only slightly bracki sh, when one could well expect the reverse to be true 
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ratp ^were seen. i f'he drove of "wild" pigs we saw 
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vani skiing point. When Snodgrass was here in IS 9 S, he remarked that the island 
was so overrun with land crabs that any bird shot for the purpose of making a 
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study skin we«*M- iwe to be nicked up immediately or the crabs would rend i 
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Commander Kelley and presented by him to the Presidents mess. Mr. Kelley #cv t 
saw ducks on the lagoon, but had no better luck with them than Heller and 
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Snodgrass, who first reported their presence on the island 
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