October 2, 1903.] 



SCIENCE. 



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ress, and said: "they are often such as 

 can only be snecessfiilly dealt with by the 

 powerful arm of the State or the long purse 

 of the nation." 



If the Prince Con.sort had lived to con- 

 tinue his advocacy of science, our position 

 to-day would have been very different. 

 His early death was as bad for Britain as 

 the loss of a great campaign. If we can 

 not regain what we have lost, matters can 

 not mend. 



I have done what I feel to be my dutj' 

 in bringing the present condition of things 

 before you. It is now your duty, if you 

 agree with me, to see that it be put right. 

 You can if you will. 



Norman Lockyer. 



THE EXFEDlTIOy TO THE BAHAUX 



ISLAXDS OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL 



SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE. 



In October, 1902, a number of citizens 

 of Baltimore met at the residence of Dr. 

 Daniel C. Gilman and organized the Geo- 

 graphical Society of Baltimoi-e. The 

 officers elected at that time were : 



President — Daniel C. Gilman. 

 Vice-Presidents — Bernard X. Baker, Rev. John 

 F. Goucher and Lawrason Rigg3. 

 Treasurer — Robert Garrett. 

 Secretary — George B. Shattuck. 



The purpose of organizing this society 

 was the accumulation and distribution of 

 geographic knowledge. The society rapidly 

 increased in numbers, and within a few 

 weeks included about 1.750 members, most 

 of them citizens of Baltimore. A course of 

 six lectures was given before the society 

 in one of the large auditoriums of Balti- 

 more. Early in the winter steps were taken 

 to equip an expedition which should visit 

 the Bahama Islands for the sake of prose- 

 cuting scientific work in that region. Sev- 

 eral thousand dollars were quickly raised 

 from various sources and the writer was 

 asked to act as director of this expedition. 



A large two-masted sailing ves.sel was 

 chartered, provisioned and equipped for 

 the work in hand and left Baltimore on the 

 evening of June 1. The expedition was 

 gone two months, arriving in Baltimore on 

 the morning of July 30. With the excep- 

 tion of the inevitable seasickness, which 

 many of the part}' experienced on the way 

 out, the health of the entire company was 

 excellent, not a single case of sickness 

 arising. 



The governor and residents of the 

 Bahama Islands were advised of the pur- 

 pose of the expedition many weeks before 

 it left Baltimore and cooperated in every 

 way possible to make the work successful. 



The Johns Hopldns University in Balti- 

 more, the National Museum, the United 

 States Coast and Geodetic Survey, Ag- 

 ricultural Department, United States 

 AVeather Bureau and the Fish Commis- 

 sion of Washington and the University of 

 Iowa also cooperated by either men, equip- 

 ment or advice toward the success of the 

 expedition. 



The tide gauge now in operation at 

 Nassau and the magnetic instruments used 

 throughout the cruise were kindly loaned 

 by the United States Coast and Geodetic 

 Survey. Deep-sea thermometers, seines 

 and other paraphernalia for marine work 

 were loaned by the Fish Commission. The 

 kites for high atmospheric work were 

 loaned by the United States Weather 

 Bureau. 



The men who composed the scientific 

 statY and took part in the investigations are 

 as follows: 



Dr. George B. Sliattiick, director and chief of 

 geological staflF. 



Dr. B. L. Miller, associate professor in Bryn 

 Mawr College, associate geologist. 



Dr. Clement A. Penrose, vice-director and sur- 

 geon of the expedition, chief of the medical staflT. 



Messrs. H. P. Cole, E. B. Beasley and T. H. 

 Coffin, of the Johns Hopkins Medical School, 

 assistants to Dr. Penrose. 



