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lucicB. The last-named species appears to have 

 been taken only twice previously, once on the 

 New Jersey coast and later on the lower Poto- 

 mac. This species is fairly common in the 

 Mullet Pond and very abundant in the very 

 shallow and muddy ponds on the marshes to the 

 westward of the entrance of the canal on New- 

 port Eiver. 



On July 16, 1914, a first-class can buoy, 

 painted with red and white spiral stripes, was 

 planted on the black-fish grounds off Beaufort 

 as an aid to fishermen desiring the use of the 

 bank. The buoy is 21% miles S. by W. % "W. 

 of the whistle buoy on Beaufort Bar; 23% 

 miles SW. 1/4 W. of Lookout Light; and 26 

 miles SE. by E. V2 E. of New Eiver Inlet. 

 These grounds have been pretty carefully sur- 

 veyed and charted by the Fish Hawh. This 

 bank is about six miles in leng-th and over one 

 half mile wide at the broadest point. It has 

 been possible to obtain an abundance of fish 

 there at all times when the bank was visited by 

 the Fish Hawh. So far but little use has been 

 made of this source of food supply, but it is 

 hoped that in the near future fishermen will 

 avail themselves of the opportunity there 

 presented. 



Samuel F. Hildebrand 



ALVIN DAVISON 



Dr. Alvin Davison, professor of biology at 

 Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., died on the 

 thirty-first of July. Dr. Davison was best 

 known, perhaps, as the author of seven widely- 

 used text-books on biological subjects — on 

 zoology, physiology, anatomy and hygiene. 

 He was also well known as the original advo- 

 cate of the movement to dispense with the 

 public drinking cup, as a frequent contributor 

 to scientific magazines, as an able and enter- 

 taining lecturer and as a competent expert 

 witness in both civil and criminal trials. 



Although an author and scientific man of 

 high standing. Dr. Davison will longest be 

 remembered as a teacher. In September, 1894, 

 he founded the department of biology at 

 Lafayette, and since that time this department 

 has turned out large numbers of biological 

 ■workers who quickly assumed positions of 



leadership in the biological field. A number 

 of well-known teachers of biology in the col- 

 leges of the eastern United States, and numer- 

 ous entomologists, bacteriologists and foresters 

 connected with the state and federal govern- 

 ments received their training under Dr. 

 Davison. 



A noted health worker recently wrote to the 

 widow of Dr. Davison: 



I know he has meant a great deal to many stu- 

 dents, but I doubt if the work and life of any one 

 with whom he came into contact was more pro- 

 foundly influenced by him than was my own. 

 Any good I may have ever accomplished in the 

 social and health field will be in large measure due 

 to the sense of direction imparted to me by your 

 husband while I was in his classes. 



A professor of biology in one of our eastern 

 colleges vTrote: 



But for your husband my college course would 

 have been largely wasted; but for him I would 

 not now be engaged in the useful work I am doing. 



Scores of similar communications attest the 

 great influence which this unusual teacher 

 exerted upon his students. 



By inclination and training Dr. Davison 

 was unusually fitted to pursue research work 

 in science. After graduating from college, he 

 took up postgraduate work at Princeton Uni- 

 versity, and later on studied in Ereiburg under 

 Weissman and Weidersheim. Although very 

 fond of research work, and, as his books and 

 magazine articles reveal, although he did no 

 little amount of it, he felt that he could do a 

 greater work for science by opening the eyes 

 of others and starting them on the way he was 

 traveling. He with Euskin deplored the fact 

 that " hundreds of people can talk where one 

 can think and thousands can think where one 

 can see." His greatest work was teaching 

 his pupils " to see." 



At the time of his death Dr. Davison was 

 forty-eight years of age. Up to within a few 

 days of his death he was busily engaged in 

 working upon the eighth volume of his series 

 of biology text-books. 



H. D. Bailey 



Muhlenberg College 



