54 CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OP WASHINGTON. 



The vessel was launched at East Boothbaj^, Me., on August 19, 

 1904, and completed on August 24. Her cost, including designer's 

 fees, engine, 3,300 feet of Swedish iron dredging rope, winch and 

 friction clutch, plumbing, and one ton of lead ballast, was $6,037.60. 



The vessel proves to be one of the ablest yachts of her dimensions 

 on our coast and displays her best qualities in heavy weather. She 

 will make better than 8 points in tacking in a strong breeze, and 

 will either sail or go under power at an 8-knot rate. The gale of 

 September 15, 1904, in which the wind blew at the rate of more than 

 76 miles an hour, proved her ground tackle to be thoroughly efficient. 



The vessel is equipped with a full set of trawls, dredges, deep-sea 

 and surface nets, chemicals, glassware, and apparatus for the study 

 of marine life. She also carries a 15-foot naphtha launch tender, a 

 barometer, sextant, log, U. S. Coast Pilot directions, and a full set 

 of charts of the Atlantic seaboard. Her cabin is designed to pro- 

 vide ample room for such laboratory work as can be accomplished 

 at sea, and in this respect is superior to the majority of vessels of 

 twice her length. 



The vessel can best be handled by a crew composed of a sailing 

 master and two men, one of whom serves as cook and steward, the 

 sailing master attending the engine when under power. Under this 

 management the director assumes command of the vessel, taking an 

 active part in her navigation. 



The voyage from East Boothbay, Me., to New York was accom- 

 plished between August 24 and September 2 5 , more than a week having 

 been spent in Gloucester, Mass., in fitting out the vessel. Many 

 surface hauls were made and some shore collecting accomplished. 



The success or failure of the laboratory must depend upon the use 

 made of the excellent facilities which are there afforded. Every pos- 

 sible encouragement must be given to eminent naturalists to pursue 

 their investigations at the laboratory, and their researches must be 

 published in a manner befitting the high aims of the Carnegie 

 Institution. 



