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  a 
  large 
  share 
  of 
  what 
  has 
  been 
  accomplished 
  in 
  biological 
  

   and 
  physical 
  exploration 
  is 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  unpaid 
  labour 
  on 
  

   the 
  part 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  skilful 
  American 
  specialists. 
  

   Although 
  I 
  should 
  be 
  glad 
  to 
  review 
  the 
  peculiar 
  features 
  

   of 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  each 
  investigator, 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  this 
  paper 
  

   will 
  not 
  allow 
  me 
  even 
  to 
  mention 
  them 
  by 
  name. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  important 
  sea 
  fisheries 
  are 
  located 
  along 
  the 
  

   North 
  Atlantic, 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  this 
  district 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  seat 
  

   of 
  the 
  most 
  active 
  operations 
  in 
  marine 
  research. 
  For 
  

   twelve 
  years 
  the 
  Commissioner, 
  with 
  a 
  party 
  of 
  specialists, 
  

   has 
  devoted 
  the 
  summer 
  season 
  to 
  work 
  at 
  the 
  shore, 
  at 
  

   various 
  stations 
  along 
  the 
  coast, 
  from 
  North 
  Carolina 
  to 
  

   Nova 
  Scotia. 
  

  

  A 
  suitable 
  place 
  having 
  been 
  selected, 
  a 
  temporary 
  

   laboratory 
  is 
  fitted 
  up 
  with 
  the 
  necessary 
  appliances 
  for 
  

   collection 
  and 
  study. 
  In 
  this 
  are 
  placed 
  from 
  ten 
  to 
  

   twenty 
  tables, 
  each 
  occupied 
  by 
  an 
  investigator, 
  either 
  an 
  

   officer 
  of 
  the 
  Commission 
  or 
  a 
  volunteer. 
  

  

  The 
  regular 
  routine 
  of 
  operations 
  at 
  a 
  summer 
  station 
  

   includes 
  all 
  the 
  various 
  forms 
  of 
  activity 
  known 
  to 
  natu- 
  

   ralists 
  — 
  collecting 
  along 
  the 
  shore, 
  seining 
  upon 
  the 
  

   beaches, 
  setting 
  traps 
  for 
  animals 
  not 
  otherwise 
  to 
  be 
  

   obtained, 
  and 
  scraping 
  with 
  dredge 
  and 
  trawl 
  the 
  bottom 
  

   of 
  the 
  sea, 
  at 
  depths 
  as 
  great 
  as 
  can 
  be 
  reached 
  by 
  

   a 
  steamer 
  in 
  a 
  trip 
  of 
  three 
  days. 
  In 
  the 
  laboratory 
  are 
  

   carried 
  on 
  the 
  usual 
  structural 
  and 
  systematic 
  studies 
  ; 
  the 
  

   preparation 
  of 
  museum 
  specimens 
  and 
  of 
  reports. 
  

  

  The 
  permanent 
  head-quarters 
  are 
  located 
  at 
  Wood's 
  

   Holl, 
  Massachusetts, 
  where 
  wharves 
  are 
  being 
  built 
  for 
  the 
  

   accommodation 
  of 
  the 
  fleet 
  of 
  the 
  Commission, 
  and 
  a 
  house 
  

   for 
  use 
  as 
  scientific 
  and 
  fish-cultural 
  laboratories, 
  and 
  where 
  

   the 
  propagation 
  of 
  sea-fishes 
  will 
  be 
  continued 
  on 
  a 
  larger 
  

   scale 
  than 
  heretofore. 
  

  

  