Chiriqui, Dyna, the Dog-House and David.
During this time at sea, Shorty and I made a cute little dog house for Betty’s puppy, Dyna. It is white, with a red roof and a little gable over the door with a sign, “Beware of the Dog.” Shorty Schoedsack is the photographer who went with my friend Colonel Cooper to Persia and took the wonderful movie “Grass.” He is called “Shorty” because he is about six feet six inches tall.
We had rough seas and constant rains almost all the time out here perhaps because we were still so close to the Cocos Islands. But it has meant we could not go over the side for a swim or even put out the little motor skiff for game fishing or trolling. [[109]]
TAGUS COVE
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HALF A MINUTE SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR
Tagus Cove is on the west side of Albemarle Island, a deep little bay about half a mile wide. The cliffs around it are steep except for one place at the end where there is a little gully in the rocks. There is no beach, so we landed in this gully where the rocks were very slippery.
When you are once ashore, however, it is fairly easy walking because the lava is very old and crumbly, like clinkers, and the scrubby bushes and stumpy trees give one a hold.