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much of their sport was spoiled by the many sea-nettles.

After watching them enjoying themselves for a little while I
walked along the beach to find a few botanical specimens.
No new specimens were found, although I collected quite a 
number of specimens of Fimbristylis spadicea, Ammophila 
arundinacea and Spartina stricta.  The white Sabbatic growing here
and also found at Curtiss [Curtis] Bay is S. stellaris.  While examining
the Sabbatia I found close to the ground, attached to a
twig of Iva frutescens, a wasp's nest.  The nest was made of
a material very similar to that used by the hornet, only somewhat
darker.  It was circular in shape and very flat,  probably consisting
of but one layer of cells which were hexagonal in shape.  The
nest was almost covered by the insects which were quite large
fully one inch long, if not somewhat longer, shaped somewhat like
the hone-bee.  I watched them for some time, although at a 
respectful distance.  Returning I meet a man who was
amusing his two little girls by catching them fish with a
drop net.  <s>One</s> Some of the little fish caught attracted my attention
very much.  They were very small, one to two inches in length,
so small that they slipped very easily through the meshes of the
        