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the organized parties. Kegular excursions were arranged for nearly 

 every day, except Sundays; frequently two in a day, and sometimes 

 two by sea and one by land. As far as practicable shore collecting 

 and coral ' nipping ' on the reefs were planned for the low-tide hours 

 of the day and dredging for other times. 



One of the places most frequently visited by land conveyance was 

 Hungry Bay, on the south shore nearly opposite Hamilton. The en- 

 trance to the bay is narrow and rocky, yet a great variety of animals 

 are blown in by the southerly winds, and the place has thus become 

 a rich collecting ground. The loose and porous rocks just inside the 



Fig. 10. The Laboratory, Western Face. Photograph by C. L. Bristol. 



entrance on either shore afford hiding places for great numbers of 

 worms and other invertebrates. Upon turning over these rocks the 

 bottom seems alive with creatures of many kinds. Only half the 

 booty is seen, however, unless the rocks are broken into fragments. 

 Thus are set free boring mollusks, annelids and many other forms 

 that find protection, or a lair, in the holes and tortuous passages of 

 this porous, honeycombed limestone. 



In many places the floor of the shallower parts of the bay is 

 covered by a large tubularian hydroid, in others, where the current 



