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wonderful pictures. Each day I made a new view 

 and finished them as fast as they were made. On the 

 last day I had four or five hundred feet. All the in- 

 structors who could crowd into the little makeshift 

 basement laboratory were there to see the results and 

 I was very anxious to get their reactions. After the 

 short showing was over, Dr. Setchel, whose opinion 

 I was most anxious to get, turned to Dr. Holman and 

 said: "What have we just seen, Doctor?'* It rather 

 startled him and he began talking about Brownie 

 movements in protoplasm. They all had seen some- 

 thing for the first time and they wanted to think 

 about it before expressing an opinion, but were very 

 sure there were unlimited possibilities for future 

 work. 



I realized that the very best equipment was neces- 

 sary for this kind of work, so I placed an order for 

 another microscope, a long steel bar that "floated" 

 on springs at each end, iron carriages for each micro- 

 scope and camera, special lights and carriages for 

 them and a large assortment of other necessary at- 

 tachments. I then started out on a lecture tour to 

 earn the money to pay for them, and for a new 

 camera suitable for the work. 



That first unit cost over $5,000 and was all ready 

 for me three months later on my return. I used it in 

 Yosemite that season and in the fall took it to Hon- 



