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[[blank page]] [[end page]] [[start page]] 91 offshore & but for Capt with his face mask & [[?short]] with enabled him to dive (reach bottom) we would have been out of luck. He brought several buckets full of coral rock ashore, which we cracked up to salvage quite a number of specimens, shrimps, crabs, and worms, and a few amphipod,in fact everything was few in number. Nevertheless they constituted a record or what might be expected from the other reefs. This is a relatively inaccessible id. because of many dangerous reefs. This id. is supposed to have more wrecks strewn about it than any other West Ind. or Caribbean Id. [[?]] man told us yesterday that there had been none since 1927. Reefs at N. & extreme southern points of island too far from our reasonable safe landing on beach to visit or collect by motor boat & that is why we undertook this walk. Got back at about 2 (1:45 p.m.) for late lunch. Al who stayed aboard to care for his plant coll's of yesterday ate a little ahead of us. We were tired after the six miles and did little else rest of afternoon beyond bedding down specimens. Turned in early for early rise for morrow.