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Mar. 19.  Collect along shore Walker Bay Mustique
1 p.m. lv. Mustique
3:30 p.m. arr. Bequia (Bruce to Caribbe Hotel in Sq.)
6:00 p.m. Sailed from [[strikethrough]] Lv. [[/strikethrough]] Bequia without engines for first time on trip.
9:00 p.m. Unsuccessful try for plankton with elect. top of lee coast St. Vincent.
Seine hauls, logger head sponges

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he would meet us on the beach at 8 a.m. for a seining part ––  We had him off for dinner after a long walk over the plantation with ended up on a beach near the ship.  This last walk through the woods was more like walking in a gulley than on a path.  The more or less dryness of the place the long spined thorned shrubs in many ways reminded me of the Galapagos;  as did the fact that fenced off from the cultivated parts and stock they raised were wild cattle, as in the Galapagos too.  As on Charles Island there when you want fresh meat you go out to hunt wild cattle, instead of slaughtering your saleable stock.

March 19th

The next morning the Capt. said he had to do his radio telephoning at 8.30 so we'd go dredging first & while that was going on.  After one unproductive haul we put into the beach, picked up Maingot, put Capt back on Freelance and went dredging in the launch for half dozen hauls.  None much better than first;  we could not get our galvanized box dredge to take hold of bottom to any extent.  We did get a couple of small shells, a few juvenile, sand dollars, and 3 small swiming crabs, and colored.