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species, and it seems to the stranger a difficult matter to ask 

 for a form which cannot be directly or indirectly procured. It 

 adds no little to the time saving of the student to lind each 

 morning at his work place the fresh material which he has 

 ordered the day before, and there is usually an embarrassment 

 rather than a dearth of riches. 



A collecting trip often occurs as a pleasant change from the 

 indoor work of the investigator. An excursion to Capri may 

 be planned ; the launch will be brought to the quay near the 

 station and the party will embark. The collecting tubs are 

 soon scattered over the deck and filled with the dredge 

 contents. Some of the passengers are quickly at work sorting 

 out their material, one seizing brachiopods, another compound 

 ascidians, another sponges. Others will wait until the surface 

 nets have been brought in and the contents turned into jars. 

 All will depend upon Lo Bianco as an appellate judge in 

 matters of identification. 



Many Americans have availed themselves of the privileges 

 of Naples and the former lack of support of an American 

 table needs little comment. Of those who have hitherto 

 visited Naples more than three-quarters have been indebted 

 to the courtesies of German universities. At jM-esent of the 

 two American tables one is supported b)' the Smithsonian 

 Institution, the other by gift of Mr. Agassiz. 



The entire Italian coast is so rich in its fauna that it is due, 

 perhaps only to the greatness of Naples, that so few stations 

 have been founded. Messina has its interesting laboratory well 

 known in the work of its director. Professor Kleinenberg. The 

 Adriatic, especially favorable for collecting, has at Istria a 

 small station on the Dalmatian coast, and at Trieste is the 

 Austrian station. 



V. — Trieste. 



Trieste possesses one of ^the oldest and most honored of 

 Marine Observatories, although its station is but small in 

 comparison with that of Naples, Plymouth or Roscoff. Its 

 work has in no small way been limited by scanty income; it 

 has offered the investigator fewer advantages and has there- 



