THE AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION. 







A CROUP OF THE CHILDREN'S CLASS ON AN OUTING. 



placed within Ave feet without alarm, 

 and a company of young folks studied 

 and chattered within eight feet of the 

 confident mother on the nest. Cotton- 

 tail rabbits bound from the hedges 

 and leap along the paths ahead of a 

 merry party as if the}' would entice 

 us farther into the wilderness. Even 

 in the winter, when most hunted, they 

 seem to know a naturalist and will 

 permit a camera to be set up within a 

 few feet of a sheltering nook to have 

 their photograph taken while they en- 

 joy the winter's sun. 



"The marine fauna and flora have 

 lacked only exploiting to have achiev- 

 ed fame greater than that of the Cat- 

 alina Islands." This remark was made 

 by a man well versed in the life of 

 Long Island Sound, win* had also 

 studied in the glass bottomed boats 

 and aquaria at Avalon. The labora- 

 tories of Arcadia, though limited in 

 room, are well equipped and may be 

 used by professional students. The 

 water table would do credit to the 

 larsrer laboratories. The gallery, dark 

 room and photo-micrographic appara- 



AT WORK IX THE LABORATORY. EXAMINING THE SPECIMENS. 



