4: P.M. Lat. 120° 39' S. Long. 166° 02' W. Nassau 48 mt. N. 48° E. Stopped engines at 5:45. Plankton surface dredging from 6:25 to 7:25 P.M. Log. 26.2 to 28.1. Position about 40 mt. S. 50° E. of Nassau. Sky cloudy with tropical rain squalls threatening. Wind light from N.E. Quantities of phosphorus on water. Sample to be labeled No. 1. "Lat. 120° and attached to bag when hauled up. 08. Long 166° W. 40 mt. S. 50° E. Nassau" Tuesday Feb. 26. Started engines about midnight. No sign of island at daybreak. Dead calm with occasional squalls. Bar. 30.07". Wind from ENE. Visited Little Vellaitle from deck before noon. Met on leeward side of island by canoe containing 4 natives. I went ashore in the canoe followed by our boat, landed on S.W. side and warmly greeted by the manager, Frederick L. Moffall. The population of the island consists of 22 natives, 16 of them men, rest women and children. The nationality include Ellis, Gilbert, Samoan, Tahitian and Hawaiian. Moffall has Samoan wife and three children. Back to schooner for our gear. In attempting to land at the charted "Landing" near N.W. point of island our boat capsized. The landing on the S side was made twice without mishap. Fish supper with manager and wife and put up in the house. In evening witnessed an Ellis Island dance put on for our benefit. ELLIS ISLAND DANCE (On Nassau I.) The dancers all young men, although the two women present joined in the singing. They stood (in one dance sat) in one place or (rarely) moved majestically about, with swaying bodies, bent knees, and graceful movements of the hands, arms, hips, body and shoulders. The swaying movements of the hips and bent knees remind one remotely of the hula, but there isn't that looseness of the pulling on rope.