PREFACE. 



The following pages contain the history of an educational 

 and scientific experiment. That this history is deemed 

 worthy of publication is in itself a proof that the experiment 

 is considered a success, and the various letters of inquiry 

 which have been received by the author have been taken as 

 an indication of the interest which has attended the cruise of 

 the " Emily E. Johnson.*' The narrative is intended to give 

 all the information drawn from our experience that would be 

 of benefit to any one who in future might desire to undertake 

 a similar cruise at the minimum of expense. To the zoolo- 

 gists who may read this account the writer desires to say 

 that he has endeavored to treat the faunai of the various, 

 regions \isited from the standpoint of the general zoologist 

 only, with a view to giving an idea of the facies of the collec- 

 tions from the several localities. The limitations imposed by 

 the somewhat meagre literature at the disposal of the writer, 

 as well as those necessitated by the routine of his official 

 work in connection with the University, must be a partial 

 excuse for the errors which the specialist will undoubtly find 

 in the identifications of the species noted. A fair degree of 

 accuracy in this respect is claimed only in the following gen- 

 eral groups, namely, — the birds; the insects, which have been 

 worked up by the various parties named on the last page of 

 the narrative; that part of the Crustacea which is being 



