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aa called in Newfoundland the squashberry. The fruit 
of this is quite palatable when cooke: Still another plant in 
this Berd is Chiogenes, the creeping ous y. We did not 
have the pleasure of tasting this in the cooked condition, but it 
is said to be regarded a special delicacy as a preserve. 
specimens at a moderate estimate, a third of these bane marine 
er t 
weeds were collected in quantity. A considerable une of 
ee oe in formalin was also obtained ; in fact, most of 
ted both by stepal eee 
in Auids and also in nine dry conde 
Res; ene submitted, 
MarsHatt A, Howe. 
REPORT BY PERCY WILSON, MUSEUM AID, ON A 
A TRIP TO THE EAST INDIES. 
(Presented to the Scientific Directors Oct. 22, 1901, and ordered printed. ) 
Dr. N. L. Brirron, Director-1n-CHIEF, 
Dear Sir: I submit herewith a report upon my visit to the 
orning of March 2, 1go1, I sailed for the Ea 
n the st 
indies, an the Solar Eclipse Expedition, panier by Professor 
David P. Todd, of Amherst College. During our voyage several 
