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baan running slow, and that tha filters ware stuck together, creating a 
fine sat of Newton rings* Great day# 
July 11# 
Another day with a lot of wind, and consequently heavy swells. This 
combined with a low tide, made life undersea not too pleasant. Re-shot some 
of the gurnard material and some of the nurse shark and remora. Switch on 
the number one camera box went bad — and the footage counter on t he camera 
stuck, causing mo to lose fifty feet of film* Gremlins* 
Spent some time looking for mantis shrimps, and found a couple of small 
ones. The hole of the big one out in the grass remains plugged. Must have 
killed him m th kindness* The boys report that the last jawfish with eggs 
has vanished — been gone from his home for days now, eggs and all# 
So that is that. One bright spot; our ooto is still on deck, and today ate 
another crab. About time to get a moray eel and domesticate him. 
July 12# 
Still plenty of wind, but not enough to cause the big swells of yester- 
day. Ran off some footage of the frog fish the boys brought out two or three 
days ago. He looks very much like a big sargassum fish# Anyway, he walks, 
swimming only when it is absolutely necessary. Has spotty sort of stripes 
on his dorsal, and pinkish-white bait that wriggles when he uses it. Two 
times he unlimbered his rod and flapped his bait at a passing fish# No 
