August 19, 1924, Tuesday 
1. Went over after breakfast to collect on breakwater at N. or N.E. end 
of Fort, N.E. corner of N. coal dock. Just got a bucket of weeds from two 
rocks; too rough . and windy to do more. 
2. Then went around to lee side of moat wall, between beach and south of 
entrance to moat. Bender got several swimming crabs with my dip net; I missed 
about 6 chances with small hand dip net. This is maybe best place for 
swimming crabs. Sandy areas and eel grass patches, in about 4 feet of 
water. Two largest were soft. 
August 20, 1924. Wednesday 
Tide was lowest about 8:30 or 8:40, though scheduled 
Callianassa burrows, laying antennae back along back; antennules are 
extended between chelipeds; chief digging with side legs, abdomen folded up 
upon itself as soon as carapace is buried in sand. 
(1) Bird Key reef not out at this "low" tide. 
Then 
(2) / Juried Bush Key reef in two places, throwing shovels of sand in 
dredge table. First place, sand and coral fragments, got one Crangon (hetero- 
chaelis?), and in a more sandy place, sort of little beach, got nothing. 
( 3 ) Went over into seining inlet and dug around the humps in sand with 
holes in them. Afeuaxt In about third shovelful got a Callianassa, but it was 
the only one I could atlp dig up in a very considerable number of attempts. 
Apparently was in the top of its burrow when I happened to strike. 
