7 
July 25. En route Tagus Cove, Albemarle Island, Galapagos. 
Left Sulivan Bay at 6.53 a.m, King Neptune came aboard a little 
before nine o'clock and then the fun began, tfe "fhis "stupendous" affair, 
colorful spectacle that it was, rates a book^;«t^couid not^^giwdiiiwa 1 ' .justice 
It was ky>: 
in -these few li ne 
beyond compare the grandest 
x round trips across the Line. The Senior 
Shellback saw the whole thing through from the start to the finish, about 
2.00 p.m. During that time some four hundred pollywogs were given the 
wo rks » 
4 %• July 26 
r S<x® 
Refueled our convoy, the McDougal, this morning. I Got under way 
shortly after 10 a.m. and, passing around Narborough to the westward, 
anchored in Elizabeth Bay at about half past two. The fishing here was 
much like that at Tagus Cove, and returned some of the lareest sierra 
\*r& f <g«A~ 
mackerel so far taken. Groupers «** omnipresent and need no 
rHjrooa^owi" 'Hi® ai'clVi^elci^o 
to take the hook. They 
encouragemei 
abun dan ti 
all time 
cT 
Close 
in shore a landing party captured a sea turtle; 
| W*o /pci'ii'S of I • aU'tfaSsS' eoTKio r~C\ *ts Vi 
* ir * lllj •>»-r^rin 1 ■' l» fT 'I -hi 
K«ct(E 
.over 
Left at 6.23 p.m 
for Post Office Bay, diaries Island. 
1 of- 
nsei 
July 27. Charles Island. 
Anchored off Post Office Bay at about half past seven in the morn- 
ing. Joined volunteer party of about 50 under Captain Callaghan which landed 
at the behest of the President to take ‘/generous lot of supplies to the Wittmer 
4?Lg±L__._ CS4>gc7KCHr^air3) s ee*i 
family7/^0n the way noil ar t.pd ^iSTii i/TT nt.g Ax. «wi- in flower, and seeds and 
s- ck honker more 
fruit of Aluise past flowering. 
