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the catch, and jot down the results in his notehook. 

 Nothing ever seemed to puzzle him. Not only was he 

 deeply interested in every new and unusual creature, but 

 he recognized everything at a glance, naming them all at 

 first sight with amazing rapidity and almost unfailing 

 accuracy, while he also knew where all were described. 

 Only on the rarest occasions was he obliged to consult 

 a reference book to confirm his opinions. 



TO MRS. G. R. AGASSIZ 



On Board the Albatross, 

 Nov. 18, 1904. 



A couple of days ago we finished our work to sea- 

 ward of Callao and are now not more than three hun- 

 dred miles from that port. I expect to dredge in a deep 

 hole there is off that part of the coast ; and if it is good 

 ground for beasts, shall spend there two or three days 

 scraping the bottom, and then run into Callao for coal 

 and provisions. Thus far we have done very interesting 

 work — not much new in the way of plunder. I seem to 

 have got almost everything collected thus far in my 1891 

 Expedition in the Panamic District. Mr. Westergren 

 is making a lot of good colored sketches, and Bigelow 

 is drawing a lot of jelly-fishes of which we seem to have 

 got even thus far more than in any other expedition of 

 mine. We have been having very queer weather thus far. 

 Soon after leaving Panama the thermometer began to 

 drop as we went south, and when under the tropics at 

 the Equator we got quite frozen with a temperature of 

 65°, all owing to our getting into the cold southern 

 current which skirts the South American coast and 

 strikes the Galapagos. We did not waste much time at 

 Panama. We got there about half-past twelve Tuesday 



