NaRKATINE ()]•• llAIIA.MA EXPEDITION. I9 



cruise. After a dela\- of scx'oral hours in yeltiiiL;" our clear- 

 ance from the Custom House, on the account of the wariness 

 of the Spanish Consul in \ie\v of a reported revolution in 

 Cuba, the long looked for hour of departure arrived, and 

 the •• Bahama Expedition " set sail for Havana, its first port 

 i)f entry. The members of the party, as it was finally organ- 

 ized, were as follows : 



Executive committee: I'rofessor C. C. Nutting, instructors 

 G. L. Houser and H. F. Wickham. Members: Professor 

 M. F. Arev, State Normal, at Cedar Falls; Professor Steven 

 Stookey, of Coe College, Cedar Rapids; Professor Oilman 

 Drew, Oskaloosa; Mrs. H. F Wickham, Mrs. Oilman Drew. 

 Doctor Leora Johnson, Miss Margaret Williams, Miss Bertha 

 Wilson, Miss Minnie Howe, Miss Edith Prouty, Messrs. A. O. 

 Barrett, E. O. Decker, Henry Ditzen, W. P. Powell, William 

 Larrabee, Jr., A. M. Rogers, Edwin Sabin, Webb Ballord. 



The crew consisted of Captain Charles B, Flow^ers, mate 

 Oeorge Murrill. a cook, steward, and three ordinary seamen. 



