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[[underlined]]Apr. 18 cont'd[[/underlined  [[underlined]]Manchiniella[[/underlined]]  18 [[circled]]3[[/circled]]
absence of flamingos to me the water is ^[[much]] too deep [[strikethrough]]to[[/strikethrough]] for the birds to feed on the bottom as is their wont; and also any nesting [[circled to insert]]if any here[[/circled to insert]] sites favored by them were inundated.[[scribble]] [[underlined]]Wonder how nesting season compares to dry or rainy season?[[/underlined]]

I believe all surface markings of Cowans grave have now disappeared or been covered up by the year of accummulation of soil rock and vegetable debris //
Meanwhile Capt. [[Lainy?]] thought he had discovered an artifictal mound of lava boulders. Everybody went over to inspect it at east (north end of beach on high [[ground?]] back of boulder-^[[fronted]] rocky shore, but it was soon agreed that is was a natural dyke or mound.//

  This night we had an elaborate chowder party ashore, and [[strikethrough]] for [[/strikethrough]]in order to provide fish for it Capt. Pickins [[underlined]] Freddy;[[/underlined]] and I went out in motor launch [[strikethrough]][[?]][[/strikethrough]] to do fishing for it. This took us [[arnd?]] to eastward of James Bay past dry gulch, & waterfall, around high split