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fore become outrivalled. Durini;" a greater part of the }'ear it 

 is but little more than the supply station of the University of 

 Vienna, providing fresh material for the students of Professor 

 Claus. Its percentage of foreign investigators appears small ; 

 its visitors are usually from Vienna and of its university. 



Trieste is in itself a small but busy city, growing in active 

 commerce. Its quays are massive and bristle with odd-shaped 

 shipping of the Eastern Mediterranean. Its deep and basin- 



The Statu )\ at Trieste. 



like harbor affords a collecting ground as rich as the Gulf of 

 Naples. 



The station has been located at a quiet corner of the harbor, 

 just beyond the edge of the lighthouse. Its building is some- 

 what chalet-like, situated on a small, well-wooded knoll, as seen 

 in the adjacent figure. About it are trellis-covered grounds 

 enclosed by high walls, and separated from the harbor only by 

 the main roadwav of the quays. One enters the laboratory 



