FOREWORD 



"Every Tcingdom, every province, 

 should have its own monographer.*' 



— Gilbert White, Natural History 

 of Shelborne, 1789. 



No science can afford to neglect or ignore systematic work. 

 Without systematic work no science can advance. It is there- 

 fore unnecessary to explain why I undertook to make a Sur- 

 vey of this Region. 



Impressed by the fact that the Natural Sciences could not 

 have reached their present status unless supported by the 

 interest of the general public, and aware of the great amount 

 of knowledge that has been added by those who have made 

 them their avocation, I have endeavored to set forth a picture 

 of the Region that will assist the young Corinthian and, at the 

 same time, give the specialist information to which he may 

 refer. 



An idea that I have kept firmly in mind has been to plot as 

 accurately as possible the place where each form was taken 

 so that anyone wishing- to collect them for biological purposes 

 in the future may be able without extra expense or loss of time 

 to get what he wishes. There has been far too much secrecy 

 as to where one may collect material. 



To one who wishes to understand or work on the fauna of 

 this Region, I particularly recommend the following authors. 

 Observations on the Glacial Phenomena of Labrador and 

 Maine with a view of the recent Invertebrate Fauna of Lab- 

 rador, A. S. Packard, 1865. Report upon the Invertebrate 

 Animals of Vineyard Sound and Adjacent Waters, A. E. Ver- 

 rill and S. I. Smith. U. S. Fish. Com. Report, 1871-1872. 

 Physical Oceanography of the Gulf of Maine, Henry B. Bige- 

 low, Bur. Fisheries Doc. 969, 1927. Catalogue of the Marine 

 Invertebrata of Eastern Canada, J. F. Whiteaves, Geol. Sur- 

 vey of Canada, 1901. Publications of the Boston Society of 



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