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really through this creature that I was led into the 

 light. Taking it down from the shelf where it re- 

 posed in a vial of spirit, I was examining it for the 

 hundredth time on a morning of the f orementioned 

 June when the light whereof I speak broke in upon 

 me. In an overwhelming flash it occurred to me — 

 what has undoubtedly occurred to the experienced 

 reader before this — that since I was wasting my 

 time along the shore, it might be well to try the 

 deeper waters of the Sound. 



With what success these newly-inspired efforts 

 were attended, we have already iseen from my 

 tanks. Daily and careful dredging had accom- 

 plished more in a single week than had been 

 achieved in all the previous months of laborious 

 search. So I now prepared to pursue my studies 

 with a vengeance. I would retrieve by constant in- 

 dustry and intensive application the time that had 

 been lost by my near-sighted negligence. But how 

 should I begin? As the situation stood, I was con- 

 fronted with the question of making continual ob- 

 servations of the animal and noting the results as 

 they might occur in their natural course or 

 sequence; or I could proceed on the information 

 already gained, and work along such lines as to 



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