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although some material of interest was secured, 

 particularly some fine calcareous alga? quite new 

 to our observation. Another feature of the catch 

 was some forty or more specimens of a polychaete 

 worm belonging to the genus Ammotrypane. This 

 species, quite unknown to us, is an aberrant form 

 approximating in appearance the Lancelot, which 

 we at first supposed it to be. There were also some 

 very acceptable club-spined sea-urchins. Among 

 the mollusks were an apparently new Calliostoma 

 and some fine living Pyramidella dolabrata. 



The amount of material collected the last two 

 days had accumulated so rapidly that a suspension 

 of further acquisition was imperative until a 

 "clean up" could be made. We longed to get 

 out microscopes and lenses and inspect our trophies 

 more critically, but such indulgence could not be 

 permitted. In the field the naturalist cannot 

 study his catch, nor must he revise his notes. He 

 can only collect, rest, and collect. Time is too 

 precious to let a moment slip by without acquiring 

 more material or rough information. The balance 

 of the day was given over to the least enjoyable of 

 our duties — the preservation and packing away 

 of our booty. 



