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I Relieve all surface markings of Tsfia Cowan’s grave have now dis¬ 
appeared or been covered up by the years of acoumnulation of soil, rock, and 
vegetable debris. Meanwhile, Captain Laing thought he had x±sax discovered 
an artificial mound of lava boulders. Everybody went over to inspect it at 
east (north) end of kEaxk beach on high ground back of boulder-fronted rocky 
shore, but it ms soon agreed that it was a natural dyke or mound, 
This night we had an elaborate chowder party ashore and, in order 
to provide fish for it. Captain Picking, Freddy, and I went out in motor 
launch to do fishing for it. This took us to eastward of James Bay past dry 
guist gulch and waterfall, around high split to narrow bight with brown (on 
close inspection, red) sand beach . Here Captain and Freddy went in to land, 
taking me 'with them. This is a place Porter passed up because of surface and 
with Fred Ziesenhenne and I on one of the Hancock visits to James were afraid 
to tackle \.for this sort of landing). I believe a dory is better than a skiff 
and when I remember the old Albatross days I believe the round bottomed affair 
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we called a pram better yet. 
The open grassy slopes of this bight are a great gathering ifround 
for burrows and goats. Saw 7+ of former and several hundred goats; many with 
hind half white and front half red-brown. Also a couple of sea lions on 
beach; one little pup so thin would could see and count his ribs without 
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difficulty. We got in and out uagqpcfch very nicely, though it didn’t look 
any too feood, but Fred and Captain counted ( and judged) the waves just right 
and we got out again as nicely as I have anywhere. By the way, this and the 
Houston cruise are the only ones down here on which I didn’t get dumped (boat 
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sideways on in surf) and wet at least onoe. 
The chowder party was a grand affair--canned milk, fish, water, hard 
tack, potatoes, and seasoning, hot in great big pot; had three bowls of it. 
