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and again by head winds, so that we reached that port on the 
morning of March 4. 
The collections made during this expedition are the largest yet 
brought out at any one time from the Bahama Islands, including 
in all not fewer than ten thousand specimens, of which about 
one half are sea-weeds, collected by Dr. Howe, who thoroughly 
Fic, 21. Cactus climbing among shrubs, Cave Cay. 
explored the waters at every place that we stopped, and these 
include many rarities and some noveltie uring our schooner 
expeditions Mrs. Britton remained at Nassau and explored por- 
tions of that island which we had not reached before, besides 
visiting parts of it that we had only examined in the summer or 
spring. 
Respectfully submitted, 
N. L. Britton, 
Director-in- Chief. 
