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While here, color stills were made of the flamingos of the salt 
lagoons and a sample of the water and mud bottom of these lagoons was saved. 
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Oars* p|embew/of the landing party brought in large octoous 9k had caught among 
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the rocks^ Two little kids were picked up as ship mascots, inasmuch as they 
were believed to be probable descendants of the several goats that escaped 
Admire! Porter's sen when they were here a century and a quarter ago. 
Just before one o'clock, the Houston and her convoy moved over to 
Stilivan Bay, where no further)(coll acting was attempted. However, a brief 
fishing foray during the early afternoon gave Col. 7. M. l at son the heaviest 
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yellow fin tuna of the entire cruise, a 50 lb. specimen. (-the night) wa» spent 
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July 31. 
A second attempt was made to fish Darwin Bay, Tower Island, this 
morning near nine 1' clock, but again the wind and sea did not look promising 
enough to warrant lowering the boats, so "tracks 1 ' were made for Cocos Island 
the next objective 
August 1. (^Cocos Islan&KCosta RieaJrf 375 miles^northeastwareU 
Anchored off" Chatham Ba^)at 8:30. The forenoon's fishing was spoiled 
by too many sharks— reminiscent of Clipperton. .An afternoon of bottom fishing 
engaged 
Cocos yielded a number 
of items of interest — two specimens each of two colored species of wrasses, 
parrot fish relatives, about two dozen blue and gold snappers, and a blue 
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trigger fish like those caught at Clipperton. Hot the least of the fish taken *n f « 
was a 120 lb. tiger shark. The President also landed several rainbow 
runners, B.Iaaat i s biplnnulvtus . of which the largest specimen establishes a 
record for the weight of this species, which heretofore had been given as 
