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the third of June, and after arriving in Portland, Oregon, where I re- 

 mained several days, seeking for soph information as might be of value 

 hereafter, I arrived at Olympia on the afternoon of the 12th and the 

 next morning proceeded to business. Unfortunately the persons to 

 whom I had letters were out of town, but Captain Doane. an old Cali- 

 fomian whom I came across, kindly placed at my service, rent free, a part 

 of his building on one of the wharves, which, after a few slight repairs 

 rplem e r Veilient lab ° rat0 ^' w ^ eI -ranged my tanks\nd other^ 



Fig 2.-Sa xi( lo mU si nuttaUi Conrad, fe^™, aratus Gould. Saxidomns squalidus Desh ^ 



domus brei-isiphonatus Cpr. 

 West Coast, North America: Alaska to San Diego, Cal. 

 Natural size of a large specimen. 

 Drawn by J. H. Enierton. 



I found it quite difficult to obtaiu intelligent assistance, and also felt 



St be iut a fl T Sed fr ,° m " 0t kn ° WiU * h0W ,a ^ e « -l-udit» e 

 might be justified in makmg. So I confined myself to tbe use of one 



man and a boat, and otherwise employed some of the Ind ans o bZ 



m such clams as they con.d find. I discovered, however, that tbe d 



rT^rlMn"?; "' "r^ 1 "™ °" *« C ° aSt ' iS *«««** apathetic 



Sal? g I" Iab ° r ' aUd that ma "y of the P* ^cs here- 



aDout are not anxious to work. 



As anticipated, I find Glycimeris, Samdomus, and Schizothcerus all here 

 also the common Tapes (properly Cuneus) staminea, Vardiuu Jw., and 



