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Developed the films in the evening. Much better. Exposure and balance 
appeared to ce about right. Could easily see the yolks of the Jawfish 
The eggs appear very mature. 
June 30. 
Something is happening at the home of the jawfish. This morning his 
eggs were no longer in his mouth. We hung around quite a spell thinking 
that perhaps he had just dumped them and soon would come up with them again. 
But no. ho sat stolidly at the opening of his burrow -- and nary an egg. 
But all around his don in a circle perhaps six feet in diameter there were 
small fish hanging in the water. These were little sand dwellers like the 
razor fish that pop into the sand anywhere, are striped in black, and about 
two inches in length. There were perhaps a hundred of them altogether. 
Were they waiting for something, or does the home of the jawfish just 
happen to be in the center of a colony? There were a few of these fish in 
evidence yesterday, but not nearly as many as today. They never approached 
nearer than eight or ten inches of the jawfish — probably his effective 
striking range, and they appeared to pay no attention to him at all. But 
if the eggs are hatching at the bottom of his hole, could they be waiting 
for the babies to come out? 
We gave the jawfish close attention all. day long, but saw neither eggs 
nor babies. The jawfish keeps his gill covers distended today, however, 
and appears to bo breathing harder than usual, as though he might be forcing 
water down the hole from his gills. We tried him on some minnow, and he 
