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stream of clear, cold water and not too far from diversified 

 inland lakes. It should have workrooms for investigators, 

 an abundance of large and small aquaria^ with suitable ap- 

 pliances for furnishing air and water. It should be equipped 

 with all the modern appliances, with microscopes and other 

 optical apparatus, and especially with experimental apparatus. 

 There should be rooms for chemical work in charge of a com- 

 petent chemist. There should be a physical laboratory suit- 

 ably equipped. Photographic rooms and photographic appli- 

 ances are necessary. A mechanical workshop watli a skilled 

 mechanic who can construct and repair apparatus is also a 

 necessity. Other things will doubtless occur to him who 

 undertakes to prepare detailed plans for such a laboratory. 

 Near the laboratory there should be breeding ponds of various 

 sorts so ai'ranged that the temperature of the water may be 

 regulated. 



In connection with such a laboratory it is necessary that 

 there be a movable laboratory of some sort. Possibly a steam- 

 boat fitted up to be used as a laboratory best serves this pur- 

 pose. In place of a steamboat a small laboratory building that 

 may be taken to pieces and again set up in another place may 

 be used. Such a portable laboratory could be quickly moved 

 from place to place for scientific work or for the investigation 

 of any problem of the fisheries that might arise. It is a neces- 

 sary- adjunct of the central station. 



4. Whatever the location selected for the central station, it 

 should he easily accessible at all seasons of the year and from all 

 parts of the country. This is so obvious an advantage that it 

 scarcely merits further discussion. 



5. It see^ns to me that ivork such as is here dcscrihed should be 

 carried on in some relation to a uniuersitjf. XTniversities are the 

 centers in which scientific work is most cultivated. Aside 

 from the city of Washington they may be said to be the only 

 centers in which such work is cultivated in this country. The 

 individual worker is there stimulated by contact with fellow 

 workers, and his results and ideas are tested before publica- 

 tion by being subjected to the criticism of his fellow workers. 

 These are advantages not enjoyed by workers in isolated insti- 

 tutions. For these reasons it seems to me that some relation 

 should exist between such a scientific institution as I have de- 

 scribed and some neighboring university. As to what pre- 

 cisely should be the nature of this relation, I do not at this 

 time undertake to say. 



I have sketched this plan in outline only. The details re 

 main to be considered and filled in. Many of them can be sug 

 gested only as the result of experience, but a plan something 

 like this seems to me to afford the best chance to reach lasting 



