NOVEMBER 12, 1897.] 
The Mollusca of the archipelago number, 
‘according to Heilprin, about 170 marine 
forms and 30 terrestrial. Among the cepha- 
lopoda are Octopus and Argonauta. The 
maked Aplysia is fairly abundant, and, 
mumerous other naked mollusks are found 
in Harrington Sound. 
The Annelids are not as numerous in the 
places we searched as we expected, but those 
we found are new to us and the genera are 
mot yet determined. The sponges are very 
numerous in genera and plenty in individu- 
cals. The Tunicates are exceedingly numer- 
‘ous and offer a rich field for investigations. 
-Amphioxus is reported, but we had no oppor- 
tunity to search for it. The abundance and 
beauty of the Bermuda fishes is notorious. 
Dr. Bean is making a study of them, carry- 
ing on the work started by his colleague, the 
late G. Brown Goode. Incidental to the 
main work of the expedition we undertook 
to furnish the Aquarium in New York with 
live specimens of some of these fishes, and 
thousands of visitors to that institution 
testify to their beauty and gracefulness. 
This part of the work was by no means the 
least interesting. We installed four large 
tanks and a pumping engine on White’s 
Island, in the harbor of Hamilton, and accli- 
mated the fish before transferring them to 
the steamship. On board the boat the fish 
were supplied with running water, thanks 
to the kindness of the Quebec Steamship 
Company, and no small part of our success 
was due to the generous and skillful aid 
given us by the Chief Engineer, Mr. Ritchie. 
Under these favorable conditions our loss 
was slight and another season will be much 
less. It is interesting to note that our efforts 
to bring invertebrates alive failed in every 
ease but one, though we could keep them in 
prime condition until we struck the polluted 
waters of the coast, when they died quickly. 
Our failures, however, have suggested 
remedies, and next year we hope to show 
Octopus, Palinurus, Ibacus, Aplysia and the 
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sea-anemones, as well as the fishes. The 
~ fishes thrive in the Aquarium, although the 
water is several degrees cooler than they 
are accustomed to and the salinity much 
less. There would be little difficulty ap- 
parently in carrying them from New York 
across the Atlantic, if that were desirable, 
under the same conditions that we carried 
them from Bermuda. 
Our hasty survey strengthens the idea of 
establishing a station, and we are planning 
to have one in working condition by the 
summer of 1899, if not before. It will have 
two stories, the lower given: up to aquaria, 
as at Naples, and open to the public during 
the winter at a small fee; the upper story 
will be fitted up for a laboratory, and while 
under the charge of the University will be 
open to any one competent to carry on an 
investigation in botany or zoology. It is 
not intended to rival any of the stations on 
the Atlantic coast, but to supplement them 
and to afford opportunity to investigators 
of America and Hurope to study the flora 
and fauna of a tropical horizon with ease 
and comfort. The healthfulness of the 
place is attested to by the yearly visitation 
of over two thousand guests who spend the 
winter months there. Malariais unknown, 
as is also prostration by heat. The climate 
during June and July is not disagreeable, 
the thermometer rarely going up beyond 82° 
F. 
Another project in hand with the station 
at the Bermudas is the exploration of the 
West Indies with the Bermudas as a base. 
Two lines of steamers connect the islands 
with the West Indies, and the scientist 
starting on them equipped from the appli- 
ances of the station may make a rapid col- 
lecting trip to a desired location and return 
to work over his material under the more 
favorable conditions at the station. 
CHARLES Li. BRISTOL. 
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. 
