COLLECTING IN MAYNE'S HARBOR. 743 



larrow belt of woods bordering the shore, the 



'^alking was over soggy hummocks, with Httle 



growth upon them except moss, lichens, and 



[coarse marsh grass. These were succeeded by 



fridges of crumbling rock, between which were 



[numerous small lakes. The land seemed very 



[barren of life. Even the shores of the ponds 



^ere hardly inhabited. No song of bird or 



luzz of insect broke the stillness. Rock after 



rock was turned over in the vain expectation 



)f finding living things on the damp under 



[side at least ; and the cushions of moss were 



)roken up in the same fruitless chase. All 



^was barren and lifeless. Not so on the shore, 



where the collecting went on rapidly. Dredge 



and nets were at work all the morning, and 



abundant collections were made also from the 



little nooks and inlets of the beach. Agassiz 



found two new jelly-fishes, and christened 



them at once as the locality suggested, one 



for Captain Mayne, the other for Professor 



Owen. Near the shore, birds also seemed 



more abundant. A pair of kelp-geese and a 



steamer duck were brought in, and one of the 



ofiicers reported humming-birds flitting across 



the brook from which the Hassler's tanks were 



filled. 



Early on the morning of the 30th, while 



