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Professor Osborn at that time believed that he would be un- 

 able to take any part in the field work of the part}^ but he 

 subsequently visited Puget Sound for a few days. Mr. F. E. 

 Lloyd, professor of Zoology in the Pacific University, also joined 

 the party as a volunteer investigator, having in mind post- 

 graduate M'ork at Columbia during the present winter. He took 

 part in the work after the laboratory had been established and 

 afterwards continued one branch of his research in the Olympic 

 mountains. Mr. James G. Wallace, a student in zoology of 

 Williams College, also contributed several weeks' services as a 

 volunteer collector. 



During the months of April and May the working plans of the 

 party were definitely formed. After a number of conferences a 

 particular localit}'^ on Puget Sound was determined upon as the 

 best region for headquarters. Judge J. G. Swan, who has for many 

 years been the correspondent of the Smithsonian Institution in 

 this region, had been consulted as to the collecting possibilities of 

 various points of the Sound and to his friendly advice the party 

 has been greatly indebted. Port Townsend was finally determined 

 upon as most favorably situated for zoological purposes. As 

 shown on the hydrographic charts its position promised to make 

 it a convenient base of supplies in a region of islands and har- 

 bors, where, even in the immediate neighborhood, every condi- 

 tion of depth and bottom might be found. On the one hand, it 

 was expected that the truly Pacific fauna would characterize the 

 adjoining straits of Juan de Fuca, and on the other hand, that 

 the typical forms of Puget Sound would be distributed in the 

 shallow harbors and bays, and especially along the muddy 

 margins of extended tidal flats. These anticipations were fully 

 confirmed by the subsequent collections. 



On the eighth of June the party began its westward journey, 

 via the Canadian Pacific Railroads, Sir William Van Home, 

 the president of the road having ver}^ kindly interested himself 

 in the purposes of the expedition. A" brief stop was made at 

 Ottawa where the members of the party were to meet Prof. J 

 P. Whiteaves of the Canadian Geological Survey. Thanks to 

 his kindness the collections made in neighborhood of Puget 

 Sound, in the straits of Juan de Fuca and in the Gulf of Georgia, 

 were placed at the disposal of the party and many valuable sug- 

 gestions were given as to the ways and means of collecting in 

 this region by both Professor Whiteaves and Mr. George Dawson. 

 B}' a fortunate chance Prof D'Arcy W. Thompson of the Uni- 

 versity College, Dundee, was then in Ottawa together with Mr. 

 James McCoun of the Canadian Geological Surve3', both being 

 on their way, as British delegates of the International Seal Com- 



