Bureau of fisheries, as new species; while two of the little rock fish, 
though known species, also prove to be new to the Museum collections. 
Just before coming to anchor we encountered a driving rain squall 
which blotted out the island from sight. A second torrential downpour over- 
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took us while collecting, but did not cause the shore collectors any^di scorn- 
fort, because they were all just about as wet as could be from diving in and 
around the reef close to shore. The rain felt bitter cold after the bright 
hot sunny spell precedCg^ it, so much so, that getting into the water up to 
one's neck was more comfortable and far warmer. 
The marine fauna and flora are strongly reminiscent of Tortugas, 
Florida, where, by the courtesy of the Carnegie Institution, I spent several 
summers . 
August 7 & 8. Enroute Pensacola, life miles northward. 
A lot of packing of gear and specimens attended to. 
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Anchored off Naval Air Station at Pensacola at 1:30 p.m. The Presi- 
dent left the ship at five o'clock. The matter of getting some 500 pounds of 
frozen fish and all my other specimens and impedimenta safely on their way 
to Washington necessitated putting off my departure until the next after- 
noon. 
August 10. 
Left Pensacola at 1:30 p.m. Re-dry-iced fish at midnight in 
Atlanta and, because the job took some time to do right, almost got trapped 
in the baggage car, from which there would have been no escape for several 
hours. 
