i6 Natural History Bulletin. 



The vessel selected for our cruise was a two masted, double 

 top-sail, centre-board schooner, the '• Emil}' E. Johnson," of 

 Baltimore, owned by Captain C. C. Paul. We were no less 

 fortunate in our selection of a vessel than in our choice of 

 sailing master. The •• Emily E. Johnson " had a net tonnage 

 of ii6 tons, was 95 feet long, with 26 feet beam, and with 7 

 feet depth of hold. The extra beam made her unusually 

 staunch and •• drv" in rough weather. She had a small cabin 

 aft. into which four state-rooms and a toilet room opened. 

 This furnished excellent accommodations for the seven ladies 

 of our party. The vessel was solidly ballasted with pebbles, 

 most of which was placed well aft. Over the ballast a tongue 

 and groove flooring was put in. The hold was painted on the 

 sides, bulk-heads and sides of well, and white-washed over- 

 head. The after hatch was covered with a glass skylight 

 made of four sashes, all of which could be raised to admit air 

 when desired. Movable steps secured to hooks on either 

 side of the hatch led from the skvlight into the hold. 

 Although the glass in these sk^-lights was protected b}' iron 

 grating, and when necessary b\' stout reefing boards, every 

 pane but one was broken long before the cruise ended. The 

 hatch leaked badly, and, Hke most of the joiner work done by 

 a Baltimore firm in refitting the vessel, was botched, in spite 

 of the exorbitant prices demanded. 



A series of shelves placed against the after bulk-head on 

 the starboard side accommodated the microscopes and other 

 laboratory instruments and supplies. A book-case was 

 extemporized by fitting shelves on the port side of the same 

 bulk-head, a door leading from the cabin to the hold being 

 between the '• library " and •• laboratory."' 



A small, dark-room for photographic work was built on the 

 starboard side next the laboratory sheh'ing. Eight bunks 

 were fitted along each side of the vessel, there being two 

 tiers of four each. These Inmks were extra wide, and 

 furnished with good matresses. Cheese cloth curtains were 

 hung in front of the bunks, so that they could be concealed 

 when necessarv. Two tables, each twentv feet long and fovu" 



