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August 6* Old Providence Island* 
Anchored about half past ten in 8 fathoms off Catalina Harbor* The 
fishing here did not amount to much* A few "mackerel" which were given to 
Captain Roundell, of the Colombian destroyer, CALDA3, who earlier in the day 
had paid his respects to the President, and two small young ;mrrrrTTrrK-L of the 
Great Barracuda which were not saved for specimens were all that were taken* 
The littoral and reef collecting and the dredging, on the other 
hand, yielded surprisingly rich returns— a number of the commoner West 
Indian Crustacea, mollusks, echinoderms, and algae* Some fourteen or fifteen 
species of fish, mostly gobies and small rock fishes, were gotten from tide 
pools along shore* Two of the gobies have been determined by Mr* Ginsburg, 
of the U* S# Bureau of Fisheries, as new species; while two of the little 
rock fish, though known species, also proved to be new to the Museum collec- 
tions* 
Just before coming to anchor, we encountered a driving rain squall 
which blotted out the island from sight# A second torrential downpour over- 
took us while collecting, but did not cause us any great discomfort because, 
to begin with, we were all just about as wet as could be from diving in and 
around the reef close to shore, and then when the rain felt bitter cold after 
the bright hot sunny spell preceding it, we found that getting into the water 
up to our necks was more comfortable and far warmer than out of it* 
The marine fauna and flora are strongly reminiscent of that at 
Tortugas, Florida, where, by the courtesy of the Carnegie Institution, I 
spent several summers some years ago# 
Balicki gave me a handsome piece of deep red jasper that he had 
broken from a larger piece ashore# One of the natives, who all, by the way 
