Journal of Edwin H. Bryan, Jr. while with the Whitney Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History on the schooner France, February to October 1924
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Pictures:- very "sticky" and hard to shake off. Roll 4-4) ( taken at 10 A.M. at S.E. corner of Nassau, looking W. ((3) Mr. McFall gave me a valuable sheet of Weather Data, covering the period of his residence as manager of Nassau. Copy as follows:- NASSAU WEATHER. (F. L. McFall). "From June 18th 1921 to Dec. 31, 1921 216 points. " Jan. 1, 1922 to June 30, 1922 " 318 " July 1, 1922 to Dec. 31, 1922 " 422 1/2 " Jan. 1, 1923 to June 30, 1923 " 180 1/2 " July 1, 1923 to Dec. 31, 1923 " 420 " Jan. 1, 1924 to Jan. 25, 1924 * " 110 *Rain gauge blown down on night of Jan. 25, 1924. Prevailing winds from April to September S/E trades. From October to Me- from N/E to West - very rarely we have south or southwest winds." Mr. McFall also presented the Museum with a piece of heavy iron-colored stone, found under the reef on the N.W. side, where there is some little deposit caught in the reef. He would like very much to know its com- position and possible origin. gathered up a small quantity of dirt from about the roots of the Lepidii-like plant, which contained land shells. Also collected from under coral blocks and rocks containing land shells. Hermit and Land crabs abundant, especially the former, of which there are, according to Mr. McFall about 5 species: - red legged ( as on Wake), white legged, purple legged, green legged, large and small -(some may be the young forms or one species). They are called "unga" by the Alice boys.