western end of Long Key where there is a water way of 2 1/2 miles opened by a great concrete arched trestle across to Grass Key. The air is fine here and from whatever way the wind blows it will be from across the water. There are here a construction camp and some of the houses have been made over. The furnishings are plain but one has all that is necessary in comfort. Later walked east on the southern or the ocean shore for 1 1/2 miles. The head is a cal- careous sand well assorted by the waves and is replete with shells and a vast quantity of Porites. Other crabs are rather rare and require mud boring to get them. Along the head there is an abundance of sea weed in which there is much of the sargasso weed. In this mass of vegetation one sees some Sargassos and occasionally a sponge, Parra for Physalia. Half giant Limulus are also common. At low tide in the pools there were a great abundance of hermits of all signs and clusters of a dog worm seen feeding on some potatoc