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appointment, and since I had ail day to think it over, decided to make 

 the best of it and to work faster next time I entrained. A collision with 

 the roof of the sleeper while clambering into "upper 9" had, perhaps, 

 after the first shock subsided, something to do with the peaceful night's 

 rest which followed. Morning came. Did you ever try to dress in an 

 upper berth? Space does not permit me to tell you of all its pleasures. 

 However, the joyous assimilation of the "tip-top" breakfast in the 

 diner brought me back to normal and made me anxious to complete 

 the first leg of my journey and get on the job. 



Fig. 28.— Butterfly Ray. 



Eventually, I arrived at Wood's Hole station, and went directly to 

 the Bureau of Fisheries where the Superintendent, Mr. W. A. Thomas, 

 gave me a glad welcome. He also assigned me working space in the 

 laboratory, where the earlier part of my summer's work was accom- 

 plished. I was also pleased to find that there was plenty of material, 

 and I secured over twenty-five plaster molds, wax casts from which are 

 to be added to our systematic collection. Among these is the cast of a 

 four foot Butterfly Ray which deserves special mention and which 

 proved to be a rare catch, practically unknown in these waters. Figure 



