36 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [nOV. 9^ 



that each ba}- should be examined in turn. In the accom- 

 panying map of Puget Sound, PI. I., in the neighborhood of 

 Port Townsend, a dotted line indicates in a general way the 

 locations which were visited and the stations of dredging. Re- 

 peated visits to a single locality were onlj^ rendered necessary in 

 quest of particularly valuable forms. In all, fifteen dredging 

 trips are recorded. Each of these, on account of the convenient 

 location of Port Townsend, was but of a day's duration, except 

 in the cases of Hood's Canal and Sequim Bay, where it was 

 found necessar}' to spend a night in camp. An early morning 

 start was usually made, the launch meeting the party most con- 

 venientl}' within a few feet of the laboratory and taking aboard 

 the often bulky apparatus for collecting. In addition to the regu- 

 lar work in dredging, an especial opporturxit}^ was taken to 

 examine the seaward portion of the straits of Juan de Fuca. 

 This region, as the inlet of Puget Sound, promised decided dif- 

 erences in fauna from that of the more inland harbors, but it was 

 first believed inaccessible on account of its distance of eighty 

 miles from the headquarters of the party. This diflSculty, how- 

 ever, proved in the end not insurmountable, thanks to the kind- 

 ness of Mr. John Libby, Superintendent of the Puget Sound 

 Tugboat Compan3% of Port Townsend. For at his invitation 

 four members of the party were taken as guests on tugboats dur- 

 ing several trips down the straits, and the greatest courtesy 

 was shown them by both otficers and men. 



The party was thus given opportunity to land for the purpose- 

 of shore collecting, at various points along the Indian reserva- 

 tion in the vicinity of Neah Bay and on Vancouver's Island, 

 and was even permitted to use the vessels with their steel 

 cables and steam windlasses for dredging in deep water. During 

 Dr. Dean's visit to this region in the tugboat Tyee an excursion 

 was also made about ten miles out to sea, resulting in the collec- 

 tion of a number of strictly pelagic forms. These generous 

 courtesies on the part of Mr. Libb3' were gratefully accepted, 

 and the thanks of the party are especially due also to Captains 

 Sprague, Clinger and Bolong and their associates. 



In the organization of the party the plan had been that each 

 member should devote six weeks of his time to field work. But, 

 as it proved, the laboratory- at Port Townsend remained open 

 until the end of the first week in September, Mr. Harring- 

 ton and Professor Lloyd being the last to remain. The work of 

 Mr. GriflHn continued till the end of August, Mr. Calkins, leav- 

 ing Port Townsend on the first of August, paid a short visit ta 

 Alaska, returning to the laboratorj^ only en route for the East. 

 Dr. Dean spent fourteen weeks in Ins collecting work, but only 



