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kelp. Numerous am phi pods were secured , along with the worms. Several fossil 
pecten shells were picked out of an outcrop near our landing place. 
Left Cedros Island at 7:00 p.m. for Magdalena Bay, 320 miles farther 
south. 
July IS. 
Came to anchor inside, about a mile to the north of the entrance to 
Magdalena Bay. Good fishing all forenoon. Of the many yellowtai 1 taken, 3S 
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lbs. was top weight. A 60— and 40**lb# sea bass were included in the catch. 
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as well as the only California white sea bass of the cruise (30 also 
leopard groupers, four brooatailed groupers, several sierra mackerelf^Tboni to , 
a red snapper, and a barracuda. 
Found the dredging inside the northern head of the entrance to the 
Bay in 10-15 fathoms very rich. An almost incredible number of amphipods 
were obtained from off the sandy bottom, and a great many red caprellid 
amphipods or skeleton shrimps from among masses of filamentous green sea 
weeds. The haul also yielded some crabs, shrimps, small shellfish, a few 
starfish, and bryozoa, or moss animals. 
In the afternoon the ship shifted her anchorage inside the Bay 
the south, off Santa Margarita Island, whenccAhe fishermen tr: 
7 mi les to the south, off Santa Margarita Island, whenc^he fishermen tried 
their luck in Almigas Bay, but with indifferent success. Only seven fish 
were hooked. No other collecting undertaken here, as the morning's dredging 
provided enough sorting to keep several of us busy for the rest cf the day 
and part of the night. 
Left at 8:00 p.m. for Cape San Lucas, 170 miles to the southward. 
July IQ. 
Anchored off Punta Gorda, about 20 miles east of Cape San Lucas 
