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fitiu- hundred inhabitants, located on a qniet harhov. The work 

 of the station is carried on in a hirge building on the wharf, and 

 the books and apparatus needed are easily transported by steamer 

 from the laboratories of the University at Seattle. The sur- 

 roundings, with the many islands and reefs, the towering Cas- 

 cades and the ()lym])ics in the distance, the cool tii' woods to 

 landward and the broad expanse of water in front are a licau- 

 tiful and inspiring as could be desired. Looking eastward on a 

 clear day, Mount Baker in the Cascades appears to he but a few 

 miles distant, appearing very distinctly as a great white dome, 

 though some thirty-five miles of Sound and forty of mainland 

 intervene. 



.V small steamer is kept at the station during the sessions of 

 the summer school and is at the services of students who may 

 wish to accompany the dredging expeditions or to ex])lore souie 

 of tlie many islands of the Archipelago. The work of ])re-\'ious 

 sessions at the Station and the independent explorations of Pro- 

 fessors Kincaid and Frye had given a good knowledge of best 

 places in the Sound, botli for dredging and for the study of the 

 flora of the islands. The steamer trips range in length from a 

 few hours to two or three days, so that ample opportunity is given 

 for exploring various portions of the county of San Juan. The 

 statement made by the Management of the Station that the fauna 

 and flora are much richer than those of the Atlantic coast is fully 

 warranted by ol)'jervatiou of the great numbers and large size of 

 many species of tlic marine ])lants and animals. Starfishes, sea- 

 urchins, seacucumbers, jellyfishes and many other marine ani- 

 mals may be picked u|) in enormous numbers and often of very 

 unusual size, on the ]ules at tlie wharves, on various reefs and on 

 every shore at low tide. A great variety of animal life is at hand 

 fiu- those especially interested, ranging all the way from tiny 

 creatures somewhat larger tlian the bacteria that liffht tlie waters 

 Avith phosphorescence at night to the seals and black whales that 

 are seen occasionally. 



Wonderful as is the animal life of the salt waters of the 



