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WM. H. CROCKER,
President Board of Trustees

SUSIE M. PEERS,
Secretary Board of Trustees

F. M. MACFARLAND,
President of the Academy and Acting Director of the Museum and of the Steinhart Aquarium

CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
GOLDEN GATE PARK
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

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" On the northwest side I discovered the mouth of a cave, very small at the entrance, into which I went with my boat, and proceeded, as near as I can judge, about one hundred yards; and , judging from the beating of the seas against the sides, and the acho from the top, I supposed it to be there, forty yards wide, and twenty yards high. We were, however, in perfect obscurity, and the apprehension of not finding my way out again prevented my proceeding farther. The water was every where of sufficient depth to float a ship of the l[[strikethrough]]o[[/strikethrough]]ne, and in this ^[[i]] cavern , and at its mouth, we caught the most of our fish." 

This looks as if it may be a good place for you. When I was at Wenman I was too busy gathering in geckos to do much exploring, so I did not see this cave. I thought you might like these items for your note book; hence the brain storm.

Very truly yours,
[[signature]] Joseph R. Slevin [[/signature]]
California Academy of Sciences.

I think my Galapagos article will be in December Natural History

^[[In this book, published in London 1823, Porter gives his notes on tortoises and I cant understand how Darwin missed it before leaving for the Galapagos
JRS.]]