El Salvador field notes, v4515
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157 Got located. Our boxes even finally loaded on and placed on deck. I guess they will be better for staying out of the hold if it dont rain too hard. We find we have to go to Corinto and then back. While sitting around ship today we saw the Frigoly for the first - actually feeding. They were swooping down and skimming the water. They caught the food by a quick down thrust of their large beak as they found. The food was some sort of small refuse that I believe came from the ship. Aug 26 Wed We pulled into Corinto early this morning. The country here is very flat low coastal plain with mangrove swamps. The harbor is a large bay protected by a low Island with lighthouse. We went ashore as soon as we pulled up to the