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cution of our researches. Dr. Defant, as special representative 

 of the State of Prussia, invited us to BerHn to a joint meeting of 

 the Geographical and Oceanographic Societies, which had been 

 called in our honor, and asked Captain Ault to deliver a lecture 

 on the program of the Carnegie. Dr. Burath was designated our 

 official host throughout our stay in Germany, and was tireless in 

 his attention to our needs. He supplied official automobiles 



Welcomed in Germany by Government Officials and Leaders of Scientific 



Societies 



Left to right: Dr. Burath and Admiral Dominik of the German Seewarte; Dr. Sver- 

 drup of the Geophysical Institute at Bergen, Norway; Captain Ault; and Dr. Defant, 

 Leader of the German Atlantic Expedition of the Meteor, and Director of the Institute of 

 Oceanography in Berlin. 



whenever we desired them, and a large launch for our magnetic 

 work down the river; he acted as guide in our visits about the 

 city, and called many times daily to inquire after our comfort. 

 We were swept off our feet by this unexpected cordiality on the 

 part of our German scientific colleagues. It was apparent on 

 every hand that the twenty -five years of research carried on by 

 our Department in Washington was nowhere appreciated more 

 than here. 



