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ama, letters from the governments to whom they were accredited recom- 

 mending the "Albatross" to the good-will of the officials of the ports we 

 intended to visit. Nothing could have been more cordial than our reception 

 at the points where we coaled. I may also mention the assistance given us 

 by Mr. C. Cooper, the manager of the Easter Island Company, during our 

 visit to that island, and the cordial reception given the "Albatross" while 

 at Manga Reva by the governor, Dr. Fernand Cassiau. 



Finally my thanks are due to the officers in charge of the Bureau of 

 Fisheries at Washington for their attention to all the details called for by 

 the fitting out of the " Albatross." 



Newport, R. I., November, 1905. 



LIST OF THE OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES STEAMER "ALBATROSS. 



Lieut. -Commander . . L. M. Garrett, U. S. N., Commanding. 



Lieutenant .... W. J. Manion, U. S. N., Executive Officer and Navigator. 



Boatswain .... John Mahoney, U. S. N. 



Boatswain .... Louis M. Sopp, U. S. N. 



Acting Boatswain . . F. W. Metters, U. S. N. 



Pi,st Assistant Surgeon Joseph C. Thompson, U. S. N. 



Assistant Paymaster . E. H. Cope, U. S. N. 



Warrant Machinist . . Charles Crater, U. S. N. 



General Assistant . . L. M. Tongue, U. S. F. C. 



Scientific Staff. 



C. A. KoFOiD, Assistant. 



H. B. BiGELOw, Assista7it. 



F. M. Chamberlain, Naturalist, U. S. F. C. 



M. Westergren, Artist. 



