Figure 15« — ^Alexander Agassiz, Professor at Harvard University, 

 conducted several oceanographic expeditions on the 

 U. S. S. Albatross and one of the contributors to 

 the fund to purchase land for the U.S. Fisheries 

 Laboratory. 



Fisheries Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole.) Conklin (1944) 

 w^rites that "when, on one occasion, this privilege was cancelled 

 by a Commissioner of Fisheries, Mr. Agassiz fought the order 

 with characteristic vigor, and it was rescinded. " 



The grant of land belonging to Fay was made by him upon 

 the following conditions: " . . . . and they are conveyed subject 

 to the proviso in the deed to us that if hereafter they are not used 

 for the purpose of the United States Commission of Fish and 

 Fisheries nor by the United States of America, they shall revert 

 to the said Joseph S. Fay, his heirs and assigns, and with the 

 reservation of a perpetual right of landing for the said Fay, his 

 heirs and assigns at any suitable landing place on the premises to 

 be provided by the United States. " The restriction remained in 

 force until October 28, 1914, when as a result of lengthy litigations 

 brought by the heirs of Joseph S. Fay, an agreement was reached 



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