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While here, color stills were ®«4e of the flamingos of the salt 
lagoons and » sample$of the water and mud "bottom of these lagoons pair saved* 
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te t^emberyof the landing party brought in ^ large octopus/*-^ had caught among 
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Two little kids were picked up as ship mascots, inasmuch as they 
were believed to be probable descendants of the several goats that escaped 
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Admiral Porter's men when they were here a century and a quarter ago, Jurtnr 
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Just before one o' clock , the Houston and her convoy moved over to 
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o further)(collecting was attempted. However, a brief 
fishing foray during the early afternoon gave Col. E. M. Watson the heaviest 
yellow fin tuna of the entire cruise, a 5 0 lb. specimen. 
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£ spent. 
July 31, 
A second attempt was made to fish Darwin Bay, Tower Island, this 
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morning near nine 01 s clock, but again the wind and sea not promising 
enough to warrant lowering the boats, so ! * tracks 11 were made for Cocos Island, Co$i\ 
•OOythe next objective. "3 "7 H a siloes 
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August 1* (Cocos Islan 
Anchored off Chatham Ea^at ZiyO* The forenoon’s fishing was spoiled 
by too many sharks-- reminiscent of Clipperton* An afternoon of bottom fishing 
which engaged the President’s attention our first day at Cocos yielded a number 
of items of interest— two specimens each of two colored species of wrasses, 
parrot fish relatives, about two dozen blue and gold snappers, and a blue 
trigger fish like those caught at Clipperton. Not the least of the fish taken umS 
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Qsmsm A was a 120 lb. tiger shark. The President also landed several rainbow 
runners, Elaga tlg bipinnulatus , of which the largest specimen establishes a 
record for the weight of this species, which heretofore had been given as 
