BARBADOS-ANTIGUA EXPEDITION 57 
interested in seeing the kind of ‘‘story’’ he would produce. 
I am glad to testify that the article that appeared in a couple 
of days would have done eredit to a reporter for a metropolitan 
daily, and contained fewer errors than are usually detected in 
interviews published at home. The ‘‘Standard’’ is a daily 
paper published at Bridgetown, and contains the ‘‘telegrams,’’ 
embracing important war news censored at Jamaica. It also 
deals largely with the doings of the Colonial Legislature, and 
prints the rather prolix speeches of its members im extenso. 
While we were there one man seemed to have the floor most 
of the time, opposing a movement in favor of an income tax. 
Our first working day at Pelican Island seemed to open up 
many lines of activity and enjoyment, and we felt that our 
stay on the island would be anything but a period of stagna- 
tion. In the evening we got our bearings by the north star and 
the southern cross, the latter a much over-advertised constella- 
tion, in our opinion. 
The past two days had been devoted to getting settled and 
making a preliminary survey of the biological surroundings. 
From this time on the work was divided into definite assign- 
ments under the following heads: 
Ist. Shallow water and low-tide collecting. A number of 
the party, varying from three to eight or ten, engaged in this 
work practically every day, the assignments rotating between 
the members of the expedition. To this group was assigned the 
main work of collecting laboratory supplies, both for the pres- 
ent use and for the University for many years to come. In 
general, those persons who collected such material were expected 
to see it put away in proper shape, working under the direction 
of Mr. Stoner. 
2d. Row-boat parties, with Ashby the diver and boatmen 
furnished by Mr. Burke. These worked the nearer reefs and 
adjacent waters down to a depth of about ten fathoms. A 
water-glass was taken along, by the aid of which specimens 
could be seen and pointed out to Albert, who immediately went 
down to bring them up. This work was highly interesting and 
successful; resulting in securing numerous fine specimens, par- 
ticularly of coral, most of them being brought up in the best of 
conditions. Albert soon came to know the sort of things that 
