1886.] 315 [Annual Meeting. 



of one southern state, through three of the students. If we had 

 had only these three students without reckoning the ten others, some 

 of whom were teachers also and influential persons, the laboratory 

 would have made ample returns for the amount expended in keep- 

 ing it open. A few summers since the same remark might have 

 been made with regard to a single student who now influences 

 over nine thousand pupils by his personal efforts in superintend- 

 ing the teaching of natural history, and who has given testimony 

 of his high appreciation of the value of our instruction as an aid 

 in his work. 



Expedition. 



During the summer of 1885 an expedition was made to the West 

 Coast of Newfoundland and the nearly approximate fossiliferous 

 part of the coast of Labrador in the } 7 acht Arethusa. The Curator 

 started ahead of the schooner on the 8th of May, going to St. 

 Johns in order to inspect the Geological Museum, and make other 

 preparations. From that place he went by steamer to Port au 

 Port on the West Coast of Newfoundland arriving there on the 

 third of June. The yacht started from Annisquam under the 

 charge of Dr. E. G. Gardiner and after a stormy and uncomfort- 

 able passage anchored at Port au Port, June 17. 



A large collection of fossils had already been made at this place 

 by the Curator, and after these were taken on board, and some 

 days had been expended in completing the exploration of this local- 

 ity, which is the key to the geology of a considerable part of the 

 coast, the expedition departed on its way northwards. 



Dr. E. G. Gardiner had charge of the navigation and the success 

 of the expedition is largely due to his interest and good manage- 

 ment. Mr. George Barton, Instructor at the Institute of Technol- 

 ogy, was my immediate and very efficient assistant in the geological 

 work, Dr. Howard M. Buck of Boston took charge of the health of 

 the crew, and of the sick who came aboard appealing for help 

 which could not easily be refused, there being only one physician 

 resident on the entire west coast. Mr. Sidney R. Bartlett, student 

 of the Institute, acted as photographer, and succeeded in obtaining 

 about 180 pictures, most of them excellent. Mr. C. L. Burling- 

 ham, also a student of the Institute, helped Mr. Bartlett and also 

 assisted in collecting fossils. All of these gentlemen contributed 

 to our success and the Curator has to thank them personally for the 



