344 THE AMERICAN NATURALIST. [Vor. XXXIV. 
ing July and August the temperaturé on many days was 79°- 
81°, rarely going a degree or two above that, and much more 
frequently dropping several degrees below. In September the 
weather was cooler, the range being from 67? to 80?. At 
midday a very common summer temperature is 85? — only 
occasionally (at the times when 100?—105? is registered for so 
many of the cities) is it warmer. During the past season the 
laboratory was comfortable day and night, save once in June, 
when the heat of the lamps made microscopic work trying. 
With proper precautions Beaufort is a healthful as well as a 
pleasant summering place for most people. Morehead City, 
across the harbor, is a well-known resort in this part of the 
South, and many people come also to Beaufort. The fishing, 
sailing, and the daily bath make the days pass agreeably for 
those who have nothing else to do, and contribute much to the 
bten-étre of naturalists who are spending a working vacation. 
The ocean beach is a hard, fine one, and the surf bathing 
about like that of the better known Jersey coast. For the 
regular daily bath, however, most people prefer the harbor. 
With a skiff, in five minutes, one reaches a clean sand shoal, 
over which the ocean water is flowing from the inlet opposite, 
and with the first plunge becomes aware of the pleasure that 
lies in this part of the day’s routine. 
This is not the place for a catalogue of the Beaufort fauna 
and flora. And, indeed, many as are the forms known to 
occur here, which have been identified, much systematic work - 
will be necessary before they can all properly be listed. More- 
over, forms hitherto not known to occur here are discovered 
often in abundance with every season of work. The more 
important published lists of Beaufort forms are contained in 
the following papers : 
Wm. Stimpson, M.D. “A Trip to Beaufort, N. C." Amer. 
Journ. of Sci, Series 2, Vol. XXIX, 1860., The paper con- 
tains lists of ascidians, mollusks, and decapod Crustacea. The 
Lingula of the south Atlantic coast is here first described, al- 
though McCrady, writing shortly after from Charleston (Amer. 
Journ. Sci Vol. XXX), mentions that it “was found more 
than ten years ago on our coast by the Rev. Thomas J. 
