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the Bermuda Natural History Society and the universities which we 

 represented an invitation to share for six weeks in the privileges of a 

 temporary biological station at the Flatts, Bermuda. The generosity 

 of the Natural History Society and the liberality of our friends allowed 

 us to provide ample means for collecting and all the requisites for 

 laboratory work, except that we had no running water in the laboratory. 

 The building, however, was only a short distance from the sea, so 

 that this deficiency was not very serious. 



Through the favorable terms for transportation secured from the 

 Quebec Steamship Co., and for board and lodging at the Hotel 

 ' Frascati,' it was possible to make the cost of staying six weeks at the 

 station, together with transportation from New York and back, only 



Fig. 13. View of Flatts Village from Window of Hotel Frascati. Photograph by ' 



A. M. Miller. 



one hundred dollars. Thirty-seven persons availed themselves of this 

 opportunity, and of these thirty-three were engaged in the study of 

 zoology or botany, four being companions of one or another of those 

 who were working in the laboratory. Of these thirty-seven persons 

 about a dozen sailed from New York on June 20, the remainder two 

 weeks later. Arriving in Hamilton, the party was met on board the 

 steamer and welcomed by Archdeacon Tucker, president of the Ber- 

 muda Natural History Society; U. S. Consul, W. Maxwell Greene, 

 vice-president; F. Goodwin Gosling, honorary secretary, and other 

 members of the society. A carriage ride of four miles over Mt. 

 Langton and along the north road — from which one gets magnificent 

 views of the great north lagoon and its ever-changing appearance — 



