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We consider that all accomplished in 1911 amounts merely to a 

 cursory preliminary reconnoissance an effort to get acquainted 

 with a few of the most salient features of the local field. Some work 

 was done on the life of the fore-shore, more thorough work on the 

 distribution of life between tides, and a good deal was accomplished 

 in the tide-way with the tow-net. Mr. Metz was very active in the 

 collecting of tide-pool and shore fishes, extending his operations a 

 number of miles up and down the coast, working out the pools thor- 

 oughly, and also getting a good many things by line and net. He 

 also visited Newport, and through the marked kindness and interest 

 of an expert power-boat fisherman, Mr. J. E. Souder, made several 

 trips off-shore, for the purpose of visiting the gill nets and jigging, 

 and also made arrangements for the saving of various rare things to 

 l>e found in the fishermen's nets and traps. Mr. Souder also loaned 

 to the laboratory a skiff for use at Laguna, a favor for which he has 

 our heartiest acknowledgments. To him are due several of our most 

 valuable finds during the summer. 



Of the many thousands of specimens gathered during the summer, 

 and preserved in best of order, not one small part has as yet been 

 worked up, though work is in progress along many lines, either by 

 students on the Coast, or by well known specialists elsewhere who are 

 co-operating with us. The results presented in this report are to us 

 simply a beginning a breaking of the ground. We have to acknowl- 

 edge the kindly assistance in this work of many specialists through- 

 out the world, including Prof. J. M. Aldrich, of Idaho University, 

 Prof. Walter K. Fisher of Stanford University, Dr. M. Bernhauer of 

 Austria, Mr. J. H. Paine of Stanford University, Mr. S. S. Berry of 

 Stanford University, Dr. W. A. Setchell of California University, 

 Mr. Julius Hurter of the St. Louis Academy of Science, Dr. Wm. A. 

 Hitter of the San Diego Marine Laboratory, and others. Large col- 

 lections of marine worms and of sponges are still untouched, and will 

 be at the disposal of interested special students. 



Acknowledgments should also be made to many friends at Laguna, 

 notably our host, Mr. Smith, whose kind and helpful interest was 

 with us always ; to Mr. Isch, our banker and merchant ; to Mr. Brooks, 

 who gave us many a boost; to Mr. Trefern, on whose patience we 

 drew heavily, and to others. Col. Coulter, whose untimely death has 

 lately been announced, was a frequent visitor to the laboratory, and 



