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light draft, as it was necessary to land the buildings, although 

 no dock was available. This was accomplished without the least 

 accident, although a period of baffling calms caused a delay of more 

 than two weeks in sailing from Key West to Tortugas. A good 

 supply of laboratory glassware, chemicals, apparatus, and furniture 



Fig. 3. — Plan of Laboratory Buildings at Tortugas, Florida. 



was also landed, it being deemed desirable to take advantage of the 

 calm period preceding the hurricane season in order to accomplish 

 this purpose ; 500 feet of iron rails, a powerful capstan, water-pipes, 

 and lumber for dock and shelving were also safely landed, and the 

 dock, which is 84 feet long, was completed in August. 



