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Jars, butter, 2-i)ound, 4-pound.. 



Knives, cartilage. 



Knives, dissecting. 



Microscope, with accessories. 



Nets, surface, silk bolting cloth. 



Nets, surface, linen scrim. 



Nets, tub strainer, linen scrim. 



Paper, m anil la. 



Pajier, straw. 



Paper, English white tissue. 



Pans, large, galvanized-iron. 



Potash. 



Plaster for molds and casts. 



Pressor, cork. 



Rings, galvanized-iron, surface net. 



Rings, brass, enrface net. 



Rule, millimeter. 



Rule, common, 2-foot. 



Rifle, 32 caliber. 



Shotguns-, 12 bore (2). 



Shotguns, 10 bore (1). 



Spades, trenching. 



Spades, common. 



Shovels, common. 



Selves, assorted. 



Scissors. 



Tubs, wash, large size. 



Tanks, copper alcohol, in boxes, 17 16-gal- 



lon, 20 8-gallon, 40 4-gallon. 

 Vise, hand. 

 Vise, bench. 

 Vials, homeopathic, assorted. 



THE LIBRARY. 



The ship's library contains over 300 volumes. Under the head of 

 natural history, &c., there are 58 volumes; scientific, 57 volumes; pub- 

 lications of the United States Fish Commission, Smithsonian Institution, 

 and National Museum, 48 volumes ; miscellaneous, 36 volumes ; navi- 

 gation and nautical astronomy, 19 volumes ; history and biography, 18 

 volumes ; steam, 6 volumes ; &c. 



It was the intention to provide such works as would be useful in all 

 the branches of investigation carried on by the vessel, text-books and 

 professional works required for reference by naval officers, besides a 

 few standard volumes of history and biography. 



BEMAKKS ON THE OUTFIT, MESS FURNITURE, ETC. 



It is customary in the naval service to provide a recruit with bag and 

 hammock free of charge, his mattress and blankets being furnished by 

 the paymaster and charged to his account. This expense although not 

 very serious for a three years' recruit assumes greater imi^ortahce when 

 the term is for one year only, as with us, and to avoid running the men 

 in debt to that amount we have adopted the plan of supplying them 

 vith mattresses and blankets without charge, holding them responsible 

 for their proper care while in use, and their return to the ship befoie 

 they receive their discharge. 



Mess furniture for the cabin, wardroom, and steerage was furnished 

 by the Commission as the simplest solution of a rather complicated sit- 

 uation which may be briefly stated as follows : 



The officers of the ship detailed from the naval service would .be ex- 

 pected to furnish their own mess furniture, bed linen, &c., according to 

 custom, but the Commission would be obliged to provide for the natu- 

 ralists, from one to half a dozen, who come and go as occasion requires, 

 as it would be obviously unjust to require the officers of the ship to fur- 

 nish them with the necessary outfit. Even this arrangement .woiild 



