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boats, and a carriage with two horses, capable of carrying ten or 

 twelve persons. The laboratory will be e(iui])]X'(l with all 

 necessary reagents and utensils except microscopes and dissec t- 

 ing instruments, which should be bmugln In- each in\ cstigaior. 



The well known richness of the sub-tn.piail fauna and llnra, 

 the hcalthfulness and ccjuable tcmi)cralurc of tlic islands, and 

 the ease with which thev m iv be reached com])ine to make tlie 

 Bermudas a most attractive held lor hiologieal researc h. 



Venerable George Tucker, Archdeacon, President liernuida 

 Natural History Society. 



Hon. W. Ma.xwell Green. Consul U. S. A., \'ice-president W. 

 N. H. S. 



F. Goodwin Gosling, Honorary Secretary B. X. II. S. 



E. T. Mark, Director of Zoological Laboratory. Harvard I'ni- 



C. L. Bristol, Professor of Biology, New \'ork rni\er>hy. 

 It met with a hearty reception, and in response to it thirty- 

 three botanists and zodlogists from widely scattered ])orti()ns of 

 the United States availed themselves of the o])portiinit\- offered. 

 The committee in charge was somewhat embarrassed at first, as 

 our temporary laboratory was equipped for twenty research stu- 

 dents, but the proprietor of the Hotel Frascati kindly gave up 

 two large rooms in the hotel so that all were comfortably cared 

 for. 



The facilities provided and paid for b\- the IV-rmuda .\atm-al 

 History Society enabled the party to make daily excursions 

 either by launch to the reefs and lagoons, by wagons to botani- 

 cal collecting localities, or by rowboat to the nearby phu es. 



During the season Cai)t. W. l'>. Myers ot St. deor-c- placed 

 his powerful sea-going tug. " (dadisfeu." at the disposal ot the 

 expedition to collect on the " Challenger " bank. The trip oc co- 

 pied three days and was very fruitful in results. 



During the stay of the party, between June 21 and .\ugust 

 22, the weather was plea.sant .save one or two days of dead calm, 

 when it was disagreeably warm, though at no time did the ther- 

 mometer go above 85° F. The gcneml health of the party was 

 excellent, and demonstrates what my experience had led me to 

 believe,— that the climate is favorable for college workers in 

 midsummer. 



