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The Laboratory of ax Investigator. 



steamer of 300-4:00 tons of burden with an engine of from 150- 

 200 horse-power and room for from six to ten investigators. Two 

 laboratories, one above and the other below deck, completely outfitted 

 for a six months' voyage together with a library would furnish ideal 

 conditions for work. With such a floating biological station unknown 

 regions could be entered with all the resources of modern equipment 

 for both morphological and physiological work and investigations thus 

 carried on which would not be possible upon land. To accomplish 

 these results most economically the floating laboratory would be used, 

 at first at least, in conjunction with the Naples Station, for the ex- 

 ploration of the bay of Naples, and the neighboring waters of the bays 

 of Salerno and Gaeta. During the day-time the great depths would 



