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Koford
Journal
27 February 1964 Santa Cruz, Galapagos
there; they thought 2x the scale. Good quality line of salt; about
300 000 quintals / yr. (= 15 000 tons). This sells for 33 s./100 lbs.
in Guayaquil. Then re-cristalized for sale. About ½ requirement of
Ee. per yr. He thought would last many (50?) yrs. / Cor said he saw
5 ± goats on shore Beltra recently. Corts said my. had charged well
at Carvaj Bay last few yrs, presumably due goats (= cause or
effect?). He & Williams reaffirmed that wells probably would
give fresh water, if proper studies made. / Done plant names, given
by Forbey to Norrenans: popa china a taro = Colocasia
esculenta. Otoy a taro = X anterosano. Yuca = mandioc
or cassava; Manihot utilissima. Piñon, the living fence
tree, = Jatropha curas (Euphorbiaceae). Campons = Daturo;
stamannin (Solavocaea). Tejón de popa, black fungue or
blight. / Williams appl. of the salt on James: sea water percolates
in to basin below sea level. Crop aided by dark lava sides
of pit. There:
[Drawing]
me. Lava 7 metres thick center, 4 meters
edge.
28 February 1964. Headed for Guayaquil on "Golden Bear." Nearly
calm. Few sea birds. / Acos. Bay port captain told me that 5
Japanese (or foreign) vessels now in Galapa. Use long lines, keep
all kinds fish, including large sharks. Get "matricula good for
one year, and a "permiso" for 90 days; pay for there. About
21 boats fish for Bonitos, from Dec. on to Corts. Tuna
fishing off N. Coast Ecuador, not in Galapa. / Perhaps 50 men
in lobster boats. Villamil takes trails to mainland.
Later — to Berkeley via "Golden Bear."