Ha began olimbing the sides of the cage in a.ll directions looking for a 
way out* RemOj who was in the same cage, looked tempted by ail this acti- 
vity to hook on for a ride, but his caution got the better of him, and he 
ended by keeping his distance* This moray is fairly short — under three 
feet — but very chunky* He should be a good subject* 
While I was watching the new moray in his efforts to get free of the 
cage a Nassau grouper about ten inches long rushed over with his cheeks 
puffed out, his gills extended and his dorsal stiffly erect and marched 
back and forth in front of the screen making faces at the eel. He appeared 
to derive a great deal of satisfaction from it* Generally speaking the 
reef fish do not care for eels. 
July 19* 
Today the large Nassau grouper was still placidly in his cage, as 
trusting as ever when we arrived in the morning* 1 had a coffee can full of 
mackerel, and fed him bits of it i^hioh he took from my fingers with groat 
gusto* When I turned around to pick out some more mackerel the can was 
empty, and a couple of feet away was the little grouper with his face so 
puffed he couldn’t got his mouth closed. I don’t know how he got the lid 
off the can, but he had managed it and had cleaned it out* Tom picked up 
the hand net and made a pass at the little thief, and he was so overloaded 
that he couldn’t get away. As soon as he was fast in -the net he spat the 
fish pieces back out again. But we put him into the cage with the cleaner 
