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Several small fish, land mollusks , and insects were collected by 
members of the landing party. About noon the Houston moved over to Black 
Beach Hoad, where the President left additional supplies for an American 
couple holding forth here for some months past, and a family of Ecuadoreans 
now also residing on the island* Left at half past two for Gardner Bay, 
Hood Island, where the ship anchored at 6 p.m. 
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Another good fishing ground. Mr, A Mams landed a 46 lb, yellowfin 
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tuna, Col. Watson -a 42 lb. wahoo. Wahoos are about as game as any fish in 
ine sea. They always put up a good fight, Groupers, as elsewhere in the 
Galapagos, were caught in greater numbers than any other one species. Here 
at Hood there were also a number of yellowfin tunaj about four wahoo were 
taken in all, as well as two each of Pacific Amberjack, W&lae Albacore, and 
southern barracuda, and one black skipjack. In the course of an afternoon 
of bottom fishing, the President's boat, among other fish, caught two very 
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beautiful fish, Hplaeanthus passer , which we called the Pacific rock beauty 
chiefly because of its resemblance and relationship to the rock beauty of the 
Atlantic. 
About a dozen deep red southern creole fish, Paranthias furclf er. 
were caught by the President, and kept alive in a tub over night for color 
photographing in the morning. Their upper sides had a row of five or six 
distantly spaced light blue spots, so bright they almost appeared luminous. 
The surf on shore near the famed albatross colony was so heavy 
that it was impossible to land within any reasonable distance, so, landing 
on the south side of Gardner Bay, we undertook an overland trek to the 
rookery. It was quite an ordeal, for though there were many open leads 
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through the thorn- studded acacia and cactus brush, there was hard 
