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July 18 » Magiilnlontt Be , j jO mi le a soutlawaxQ. 
Came to anchor inside, about a mile to the north of the entrance 
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Good fishing all forenoon. Of the many yellowtail taken, 38 lbs, was top 
weight, A 60 and 40 lb» sea bass were included in the catch, as well as the 
only California white sea bass of the cruise (30 lbs,); also leopard groupers. 
four broomtailed groupers, several sierra mackerel, bonilto, a red snapper, 
and a barracuda, r ; 
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A ®redging inside the northern head of the entrance to the Bay in 
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10-15 fathoms was very sseeew*** i» An almost incredible number of amphipods 
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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. •'s'Lii m 
In the afternoon the ship shifted her anchorage. 7 miles to the south ^ 
i.jy ths- Bay off Santa Margarita Island, where the fishermen tried their luck in 
Almigas 3ay, but with indifferent success. Only seven nMft fish were hooked 
No ffcwMw*" collecting undertaken here, as the morning's dredging provided 
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enough sorting to keep several of us busy for the rest of the day and part of 
the night. f ^ 
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Left at 8 p„m„ r 4ot" So»ia Lt/ccJt s / 170 
July 19 
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Luca* 
Anchored off Punt a Gorda about 20 miles east of the Capelin US fathoms 
Though no great quantity of fish were caught, there were several of consider- 
able interest rum'iyj, ta as; the first blue crevally, the only twojfstriped pargos 
of the trip, and a 20-lb, Gulf grouper .y Mycteroper ca jordanj /f. This species 
has heretorfore not been taken south of Cerralvo Island along the western shore 
of the Gulf of California, On the eastern side it is found as far south as 
