Bacon Scholarship - Continued 
Sta. #13, Sept. 12, 1925. Ponta da Rio, opposite below ferry. 
11.20 a.m., tide high, but just turning out; sky overcast; temp, of 
air 69 ° F., surface of water 72° F. Depth 1 foot, bottom dead shells, on 
sand. In swamp where air does not stir, temp. 73° F. at 12.05, water 71^° F. 
Start at 9.50, blowout on way to beach in auto truck of Confederation 
dos Pescadores. Rising tide, low at 9 .00 a.m. Surf running from storm last 
night. No(trawler since war, too much . Went out to get floating 
mines. Large canoe 300 $1000, nets 12 x 1 wide, same deep. New net $1,500. 
Arrastao 220-230 arms length. Ponta da Praia. 
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Z-l, 300 odd fishermen. Santos 9 Colonias. Government price fixed 
each day. No definite statistics kept. 
Miserable rainy day all down good pretty well damped. Came in for but 
one net haul, but got a lot of Euchiograpsus ? narrow body from trees. These 
seem to climb way up in trees, caught in hand or knocked in can. Water 1-2 ft. 
deep around roots. Large crabs like at Rio, red and yellow, said just at 
water line, readily dropped out of sight. Little ones climbed as we went after 
them. One Palaemon proper from fisherman's net. 
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All today's collecting in mangroves below auto ferry in Rio opposite 
Z-l colony. Except fish, Callinectes and Portunids. Blue ones and cocoa 
sandy brown ones came up in Jap fisherman's net at end of Bonde. 
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Sea was too rough for work. Most fishermen made no haul to 
examine trash of just one net wt. more than one or two others had hauled 
before we got there. 
Sta. #13a. Sept. 12, 1925 . Seine haul at the Barro, Santos, Brazil. 
560 lb. fish in net few days ago. Mero. 
