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of Conferva, Oedogonium and Clado- 

 phora. With the help of a native man 

 and woman who were able to swim out 

 and collect algae on a rocky point t 

 clinging there when the waves washed 

 over them, we got quite a few new 

 salt-water forms. At four o'clock in 

 the afternoon a Portuguese boy ap- 

 peared on horseback, leading two sad- 

 dled horses. Mr. Chong had helped 

 us out of our dilemma in this way. 

 However glad we were to accept his 

 kindness, it was a case of falling from 

 the frying pan into the fire, for at least 

 one of us had never been on a horse's 

 back before. Our party was soon in- 

 creased by a lonely Japanese on a 

 small nag. In this way we made the 

 long uphill ride of seven miles, and 

 were not thrown or killed in any other 

 way. But Hawaiian horses do not 

 seem to understand the American use 



