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coal to Easter Island, to await the Albatross there, and 

 after she had rilled the latter's bunkers she should go 

 to Manga Eeva, and again supply the Albatross on her 

 arrival. Agassiz hoped when he reached Callao to com- 

 plete arrangements for sending a sailing vessel with coal 

 to the Galapagos, so as to include a line to them from 

 Easter Island. This was finally done, so that the Albatross 

 covered the following lines — Panama to the vicinity of 

 the Galapagos, from there to Aguja Point on the north 

 coast of Peru. The ship then ran about southwest for 

 some seven hundred miles, when she headed east for 

 Callao. The next line was from Callao to Easter Island, 

 and afterward to the Galapagos. On leaving the Gala- 

 pagos the steamer made for Manga Reva, and the last 

 line run was from there to Acapulco, making a total 

 distance of more than thirteen thousand miles. 



The Albatross was this year in command of Lieuten- 

 ant Commander L. M. Garrett, who was drowned the fol- 

 lowing year in a most unusual accident. Early one even- 

 ing, while the Albatross was steaming from Yokohama to 

 San Francisco, he was alone on the poop-deck, lying in 

 a long chair. He must have fallen asleep there, for hours 

 later it was discovered that some sudden lurch of the 

 ship had capsized the chair and thrown him clean through 

 the rope rail into the sea. 



The Albatross left San Francisco early in October, 

 1904, to join Agassiz in Panama. On board were Pro- 

 fessor C. A. Kof oid, an assistant of the expedition, and 

 Mr. F. M. Chamberlain, of the Fish Commission ; these 

 gentlemen made a number of hauls on the way down and 

 collected a large amount of pelagic material. 



Towards the end of October, Agassiz sailed from New 

 York for Colon, taking with him Dr. Bigelow as assist- 



