and Laboratory Methods. 



1871 



treina {BdeUostomd) stoutii, followed later by Dean, Ayers and Doflein. 



Beyond Point Aulon the same general character of shore continues, the cliffs 

 becoming higher and more precipitous, with several rocky islets detached from 

 them, the abode of countless gulls, cormorants and pelicans, who noisily contest 

 possession with occasional seals and sea lions. Beyond Cypress Point, the re- 

 stricted home of the weird Cupressiis macrocarpa, another smaller bay opens. 

 Carmelo Bay, at the mouth of the Carmel river. The rugged Point Lobos forms 

 its southern boundary, beyond which the cliffs become sheer rock walls, rising 

 abruptly from the ocean for hundreds of feet. 



The two buildings of the laboratory are simple, unpretending structures, but 

 admirably adapted for the purpose. The older one is sixty feet long by twenty 

 feet wide. Its lower story is divided into two large laboratories, a store room, 

 engine room and a dissecting room with concrete floor, suitable for work upon 

 the larger marine animals. The second floor contains a general laboratory run- 

 ning the entire length of 

 the building, and six pri- 

 vate rooms for investiga- 

 tors. The second building 

 contains a large, well- 

 lighted basement with con- 

 crete floor at present used 

 as a physiological labo- 

 ratory. Above this the 

 first story is divided into 

 a large laboratory for ad- 

 vanced students, and six 

 private rooms. The upper floor has a large room fitted with blackboard and 

 book shelves, used for lecture room and library, five private laboratories and 

 a dark room for photography. 



Each private room and laboratory is fitted with aquaria, small and large, and 

 all the necessary glassware and reagents. An abundant supply of excellent 

 microscopes, dissecting and compound, together with all needed physiological 

 apparatus, is brought each summer from the University, and its library is drawn 

 upon for the books and periodicals needed. 



The salt water supply is pumped by a windmill into a 20.000 gallon tank, 

 from which it is led into the two buildings and distributed to each room. The 

 older building is piped with galvanized iron, the newer one with block tin, the 

 stop cocks being of rubber. By this means a supply of perfectly pure sea water 

 is assured. The fresh water supply is furnished by the excellent water system 

 of the Pacific Improvement Company and is brought from the head waters of the 

 Carmel river, twenty miles distant. 



The usual supply of trawls, dredges and nets of various kinds and two boats 

 are at the disposal of students and investigators. At present the laboratory does 

 not own a steam launch, but for several years a gasoline one has been readily 

 obtainable for dredging, and a new forty foot one is now owned in Pacific Grove, 

 which may be chartered whenever occasion demands. The shore collecting. 



Cormorants near Point Aulon. 



