able to get along perfectly with five men. When, after a particularly 

 hard clay's work, we needed sleep, the schooner could be hove to and 

 sailing forgotten until the first man woke up. Again, in a small 

 boat the investigator is in such close contact with the ocean that he 

 gets a very much better chance of studying it than from the deck of 

 a large steamer. That a small boat is as safe at sea in a storm has 

 been shown time and again. 



Something must be said of the fellows who stood the watches, 

 tramped up the rivers, and carried the packs. A finer lot would be 

 hard to find. Woodworth, a second year graduate student, did the 

 collecting of the plants and flowers. His work was done for Pro- 

 fessor Fernald of the Gray Herbarium, who is a specialist in the 

 flora of Newfoundland and Labrador. Jordan and Churchill were 

 in charge of the fishing and the seining. If a fish could not be made 

 to rise to a fly, they would get it if they had to drain the pool. 

 Hayes, a chemist of some experience, carried out analyses of the 

 water samples collected, and also assisted the other "oceanogra- 

 phers," Keogh and Knowlton. But the power that made the 

 "wheels go round" or rather, made boats move, anchors come up, 

 and sails turn flat, was Ames and incidentally, though I am con- 

 vinced that this is relatively unimportant in work of this kind, he 

 had as good a grounding in science as any of us. The success of any 

 expedition is always proportional to the congeniality of its personnel. 

 Our efforts were certainly not hampered on this score. I only hope 

 that my former ship-mates, if they read over this account and are 

 reminded of their days on the "Chance," will forgive me for those 

 mornings when I arose from my bunk with the cry of "Breakfast!" 

 ringing in my ears and made myself so very unpleasant during that 

 most difficult part of the day when Jack was apt to place before 

 you rolled oats and toast. 



Columbus Iselin II 

 New York 

 January, 1927 



