12 THE LAST CRUISE OF THE MIRANDA. 



Samuel P. Orth and B. F. Staunton, of Oberlin, botanists; 

 Professor Elias P. Lyon, of Harvard School, Chicago, biolo- 

 gist ; Dr. Jules F. Valle, of St. Louis, and Dr. R. M. Cramer, 

 of New York, surgeons ; Professor L. J. Joyner, of Pough- 

 keepsie, entomologist ; Russell W. Porter, of Boston, and 

 Robert DeP. Tytus, of New Haven, surveyors ; H. C. Walsh, 

 of New York, historian. Rudolf Kersting, of New York, was 

 the official photographer, and Charles K. Reed, of Worcester, 

 Mass., and J. A. Travis, of New York, were the taxidermists. 



Other members of the expedition were James D. Dewell, 

 of New Haven ; Hon. George W. Gardner, ex-Mayor of 

 Cleveland, Ohio ; Ashley C. Clover, ex-Prosecuting Attorney 

 of St. Louis ; G. W. W. Dove and A. A. Freeman, of 

 Andover, Mass. ; Willis A. Reeve, of Patchogue, L. I.; 

 AVilliam Bryce, Jr., of New York; Maynard Ladd, John R. 

 Fordyce, H. D. Cleveland, Frederick P. Gay, of Harvard 

 College ; C. P. Lineaweaver, T. J. Lineaweaver, A. B. Brown, 

 H. W. Dunning, Philip Evans, C. J. Rumrill, A. P. Rogers, 

 A. R. Thompson, of Yale College ; R. D. Perry, of Phillips- 

 ton, Mass.; S. G. Tenney, of AVilliamstown, Mass. ; Chas. B. 

 Carpenter, of New York ; Professor Charles E. Hite, Univer- 

 sity of Pennsylvania ; G. M. Coates, G. H. Perkins, Howard 

 Bucknell, of Philadelphia ; R. 0. Stebbins, of New York ; 

 AV. H. H. Armstrong, of Newburg- on -Hudson ; AVilliam J. 

 Littell, of AVashington, D. C. ; Benjamin Hoppin and A. A. 

 Sutherland, of Baddeck, C. B. ; J. A. Travis, Jr., of New 

 York ; AA r alter S. Root, of Cleveland ; F. B. Wright, of Ober- 

 lin ; Carlyle Garrison, of Merchantville, N. J. 



Carl Garrison, the last mentioned, was by far the youngest 

 member of the expedition a boy of but thirteen years of age. 

 As his parents are old friends of mine, he went along under 

 my care, and I had every reason to be proud of my young 

 charge. Through all our various trials, dangers, and rough 

 experiences he showed a courage and discretion far beyond 



