July 12, 1930 
#5 - 30. Mid Section Bird Key Reef (really northern part of south section— 
there seem to be only two parts this year). 
Outer margin of reef gone over. Chloride of lime showed up some crustaceans 
that would otherwise have not been seen. Got a dose of Amphinome spines in 
finger. 
July 13, 1930 
#6 - 30* Boat dredge. 
Left at 8:20 a.m. At No. 2 Red buoy log. 50.6 course S. Sounding at 
8:50. Boat dredge 18-20 fms. -= 18 fms. due S. of buoy. Net over at 8:54, 
up at 9:10. Sounding—20 fms. Bottom sand and forams. Partheopid crab. 
#7 - 30. Boat dredge at 20 fms. 
Net down at 9:30, 20 fms.; up at 9*45, 20 fms. Soft grey muck. Many 
valves of small bivalves, 2 shrimps and scyllarid, many very tiny shells 
(empty). 
#8 - 30. Boat dredge 35-40 fms. At 10:15 sounding 35 fms.; 10:35 start up, 
40 fms. Very little mud. Lyretdus (Raninoides loevis) with red flecks on 
under side at base of antennae. Alpheid shrimp, red speckled with radiating 
lines of spots radiating out and forward from eyes, over scales and antennal 
and antennular peduncles. See p. 160 for sketch. 
#9 - 30. Boat dredge 60-80 fms. 
Sounding at 10:4o, 60 fms., net over at 11:00 a.m.. Start up at 11:15, 
8 fms. at end. 
