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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



Fig. 5. The Coast at High Tide. Compare with Fig. 3. 



converted it into a laboratory on the lower floor, while the upper 

 chambers were made living rooms. Then, in 1901, Tufts College 

 bought a tract of land and erected the present building, opening it for 

 the use of students for the first time in the summer of the same year. 

 Later on, an addition was made to the rear of the building. For the 

 first years, undergraduate instruction was maintained in the laboratory, 

 but in 1906, this was abandoned. Now, all the expenses of the labora- 

 tory are met from the small fee paid by each investigator, which is 

 made for the use of room and material. For the coming season, a new 

 arrangement has been made whereby funds other than those supplied 

 by the workers will be available and a collector will be ready to bring 

 to the investigator whatever material he may desire. Additions, too, 

 to the library and to the supplies and possibly to the building itself are 

 planned and if not completed during the coming season, they will be 

 made in the near future. 



Living facilities, a matter of concern to the average investigator at 

 the summer laboratory, are at their best. One may find almost any 

 mode of living he may desire on Harpswell. If he desires a first-class 

 hotel, he has the choice of three. If he prefer to live in a private house 

 and obtain his meals either in the same house or one within easy access, 

 he may do so. If he desire a cottage, he may obtain one at low rental 

 for the season. The average rental for a five-room house is seventy-five 

 dollars, for the season, beginning as early and ending as late as one de- 

 sires. Country produce may be engaged and delivered at your door. 



