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antarctic terns (or are tliey the Bwallo^^ -tailed ones?) can be found about 
the ’’lakes.” Young's Point has silver-grey petrels, and Adeiies have a 
rookeiy on Vorter (sic) Island further southj still farther on one encounters 
SsaiJerors . 
Hi^ tide curtailed our dip-netting along shore. Moss vas about in 
very eaall patches, vldely scattered; did not see any vorthwhile "stands," 
What we gatl^reci and Berleeed yielded a very few insects. 
The dredge haul at the ship’s anchojrage, in 25-30 fathosss, msi and sand 
bottoE, turned up tube worias, sos® saiall claims; a gssteropod,ophiuranB 
and al^e. 
Twenty-two fish were trap]^, a gcKJdly catch where there are fish in 
plenty there must be an abundance of food for them. Stcaaach contents of 
those picked out for preservation I expect to have examined in Washington, 
Having no facilities for curing for a lot of pickled fish, the fish I have 
saved have been frozen. Let us liope that w© can get thea all back in the 
sase state, 
I cannot recomend Hope Bay as a possible or future station site. I 
am sure it is located in a biologically rich and interesting area, but as 
already said, it has been taken over by others. On the score of wir^ and 
weather, too, I cannot rate it high in list of station sites. 
