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ominous. One one occasion a member of our party cabled for 
money, and it was a full month before he was able to get a 
reply. 
On June 11th we commenced packing our collections and 
equipment for the transfer of the expedition to Antigua. As 
we began to assemble our material it became evident that our 
stay at Pelican Island had been profitable and the collections 
secured quite satisfactory, both in quantity and quality. We 
were confident that a reasonable number of new things would 
be found by those who were to prepare the technical reports on 
the various groups, and we had besides collected a quantity of 
specimens for classes in zoology at the University for many 
years to come. 
Albert, our diver, had proved such a handy man, not only as 
diver and boatman but as collector and general utility man, 
that we decided to take him with us to Antigua, which seemed 
to please him greatly. We therefore secured from the Colonial 
Secretary a permit for him to leave the island, after promising 
to return him to Barbados after the completion. of his service 
with us. 
The business of packing was superintended by Mr. Stoner 
and Dr. Job, assisted by several others. Most of the equipment 
went back into the original boxes. The collections to be kept 
in alcohol or formalin were put in tanks, the tops of which were 
soldered. The bottled material was placed in the chests in 
which the bottles came, and some of it in tanks packed with ex- 
eelsior. We found that the three barrels which we had bought 
to serve as floats for our live-car, and as a sort of main reser- 
voir for the aquaria, served very well as receptacles for our 
corals, aleyonarians, etc. A few extra boxes had to be pur- 
chased for the geological collections and other dried material. 
By the morning of June 16th, the packing was completed, even 
to the personal baggage. 
In the afternoon of that day we were invited to a sort of fare- 
well reception at the residence of Sir Gilbert and Lady Carter, 
a very much appreciated courtesy as it gave us an opportunity 
to meet many of our good friends and receive their cordial 
God speed. We could not avoid a feeling of real sadness at 
parting from so many warm hearted people who had endeared 
