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twenty -fifth anniversary celebration in San Francisco ; so we must 

 not be late for that. Then, there was another reason for getting 

 to the United States on time. As Captain Ault stated in a letter 

 to the Office in Washington: "The necessity for scientific con- 

 ferences, visits back and forth, inspection of equipment on board, 

 and intercomparisons (or the magnetic and electric instruments 

 with those on shore) made it rather difficult to find time for much- 



Magxetic Observatory at Kakioka, Japan 

 While comparing our instruments here the observers enjoyed a real earthquake. 



needed relaxation." Such a rest could much better be taken at 

 home than in a foreign port. 



Throughout our visit, the party was shown every courtesy and 

 attention by the Japanese, many of whom were scientific colleagues 

 or former acquaintances. Paul had the good fortune to meet his 

 father who was in Japan on business at the time. 



Various members of the staff inspected the work of the Kakioka 

 Magnetic Observatory (where we compared our instruments), 

 the Meteorological Office, the Marine Observatory, and research- 

 ship Synpu-Maru in Kobe, the Observatory at Kyoto, Hydro- 



