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A twelve- room cottage was rented, in which fifteen of the members of the Station 

 besides my family were quartered. While a summer cottage, thus peopled, is 

 not a good place for consecutive thinking, this experience will also be remem- 

 bered with pleasure. Most of the students rented a large dining tent and hired a 

 cook. Others tented and boarded themselves. Their expenses ranged from $1.25 

 to f3 per week. 



The laboratory was open from June 25 to September 1. 



Acknowledgments. — Mr. T. J. Vawter, besides placing the boat house at 

 our disposal, gave us camping ground just back of the laboratory, and assisted us 

 in various ways, both in fitting up the Station and during the entire summer. 



I am under many obligations to the officers of the Baltimore t^ Ohio, the 

 Vandalia and the Michigan Division of the Big Four for transportation over their 

 lines leading to Vawter Park, and for other favors. 



During our stay at Tippecanoe Mr. W. S. Standish assisted us very materially. 

 He took the whole party on a tour of general inspection about tlie lake from end 

 to end, and placed himself and his steamer at our disposal during our entire stay. 



The Pottawatomie Club granted us the use of their reception room, Avhere 

 some of the lectures were delivered. 



Professors Birge, Kellicott and Call have prepared accounts of material col- 

 lected during the summer. 



I must especially thank Dr. J. C. Arthur, Dr. G. Baur and Geologist Willis 

 Blatehley, who visited the Station to deliver lectures before the members. 



Lastly, J am indebted to Mr. J. P. Dolan, superintendent of the Syracuse 

 schools. He first directly, and through Mr. Eli Lilly, of Indianapolis, called my 

 attention to Turkey Lake, met me at Warsaw, and guided me to the lake and over 

 and around it on my first visit. During the summer he furnished the Station 

 with a splendid row-boat, and by his knowledge of the lake and its surroundings 

 and personal acquaintance with the natives contributed much to the success of the 

 undertaking. 



Equipment. — The equipment of the Station consisted of a room 18x30 feet, 

 with six windows on a side. Li this s{)ace the twenty-two members of the Station 

 were provided with tables. Continuous with this available laboratory space was a 

 space 18x20, opening by verv wide doors to the lake front. This space was util- 

 ized for storing apparatus. The apparatus, nearly all furnished by the Indiana 

 University, was as follows: Compound microscopes (Zeiss), 21 ; dissecting micro- 

 scopes, 3; microtome, 1; dredge, 1; plankton net, ]; Birge net, 1; dipnets; re- 

 agents, about 200 bottles; working library, about 200 volumes; Wilder's protected 

 thermometer, 1; lamps, glassware, etc., the usual e(|uipment of a laboratory 



