Several small fish, land mo Husks , and insects were collected "by 
members of the landing party, About noon the Houston moved over to Black 
Beach Road, where the President left additional supplies for an American 
coupler holding forth here for some months past, and»a family cf Ecuadoreans 
at 
now also residing on the island. AjJ<eft at half past two for Gardner Bay* 
Hood Island, where the ship anchored at 6 p.m 
July 28. Hood Island all day. 
Another good fishing ground. Mr. Adams landed a 46 lb. yellowfin 
tuna, Col. Watson a 42 lb. wahoo. Wahoos are about as game as any fish in 
the sea. They always put up a good fight. Groupers, as elsewhere in the 
Galapagos, were caught in greater numbers than any other one species. Here 
at Hood there were also a number of yellowfin tuna fffikhk lour wahoo were 
taken in all, as well as two each of Pacific Amber jack, False Albacore, and 
southern barracuda, and one black skipjack. In the course " fternoon 
two very 
of bottom fishing, the President' 0 9mmff ntw ^ *h 
acific rock beaut 
beaufiful fish, Holacanthus pas ser A w&aeffitt ye called then}? 
<3keir 
chi efly because of s^pf resemblance 
to the rock beauty of the 
Atlantic. 
About a dozen deep red southern creole fish, Faranthias furcif er , 
i. | ^ 
were eengaafc by the President, svK kept alive in a tub over night for color 
photographing in the morning. Their upper sides had a row of five or six 
distantly spaced light blue spots, so bright they almost appeared luminous. 
The surf on shore near the famed albatross colony was so heavy 
that it was impossible to land within any reasonable distance, so, landing 
on the south side of Gardner Bay, we undertook an overland trek to the 
rookery. It was quite an ordeal, for though there were many open leads 
through the thorn-studded acacia and cactus brush, there we 
leufy of 
bn iwftgt, hard 
