INTRODUCTORY 



Havana, the Dean of Cuban naturalists and an 

 authority upon all subjects dealing with Cuban 

 natural history, was our most enthusiastic member 

 — our guide, philosopher, and friend. 



A large amount of collecting material was sent 

 by the National Museum. There were four large 

 copper tanks of alcohol of varying strengths, 

 formalin, copper sulphate for "doping" the tide 

 pools, the various narcotizing reagents for expand- 

 ing and killing specimens requiring such treatment, 

 apparatus for injecting vertebrates, an amazing 

 quantity of wide-mouth bottles and jars, instru- 

 ments for oceanographic work, and many articles 

 of special use to collectors and preparators, all of 

 which had been selected with great care by Dr. 

 Bartsch. In addition to this we had brought from 

 Miami a twenty-five foot Gurnet dory of excellent 

 model, equipped with rotary pump and stationary 

 sieves ranged outboard, a number of dredges of 

 varying sizes and weights, and other special 

 collecting apparatus. The launch was in charge of 

 Capt. S. W. Greenlaw, whose long experience as 

 skipper of the Eolis in our dredging operations in 

 Florida made his services invaluable. Strong 

 and active, a jack-of-all- trades, a fine seaman, and 



