canoe unsafe. And there was not a drop of rain during this 

 period (nor for some weeks before and after) at Kingston. The 

 bright warm sunshine made the possible discomforts of sea-wet 

 clothing scarcely noticeable. 



On January 3, I went by rail to Montego Bay on the north- 

 west coast of the island, a distance of 1 14 miles, as the cars run, 

 from Kingston. Here ten days were devoted to the collection of 

 marine algae, with good results, a considerable number of species 

 occurring here that were not met with on the south shore. The 

 Bogue Islands, in the southern part of Montego Bay, with their 



1 an especially good collecting 

 the north and east of the town also proved 

 :st. With the aid of a carriage I was able to 

 the coast more or less thoroughly for a distance of four- 

 es to the westward of the town of Montego Bay and for 

 liles to the eastward. Except among the Bogue Islands 

 roughened earlier in the forenoon and was in general less 

 orkable than in the vicinity of Kingston. On arriving in 



