222 ZOOLOGICAL GLEANINGS 



Finally, I cannot bring the narrative portion of 

 this little volume to a close without recording my 

 obligations to my old shipmates of the Royal Indian 

 Marine who made life in the Investigator so pleasant. 

 When I remember how cheerfully they sometimes 

 forewent their well-earned rest in some safe anchorage 

 in order that the ship might drift all night with the 

 tangle-bar down for my sake, and how they not only 

 tolerated all the smells and mess for which I was 

 responsible, but also would always, though fully 

 occupied with important work of their own, bring me 

 everything that they thought would be acceptable to 

 a naturalist, I feel that I am indebted to the Investi- 

 gator for much that was worth learning besides 

 marine zoology. 



