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ismd tJu’Qugh the wood? should their parsjit streaa go dry. Ho states 
that lii^hauBldB produce a «Q-g,*iflceat phosphorescoaoo at Jiight in tb© 
waters arowsd tlie island* 
H@ rotxirned to S&a'tos Sept amber 28, '»her@ sersral ©as os of speoimeas 
were prepared for shipment to Washington* 
Passing down the ooast, colleotioss were made at Sao Praaoisoo 
Island, then at G&str© idiere several fresh-water streams were visited* Here, 
amongst other thli^s, two species of an anomuran orab of the genus Aeglea 
were obt&insd* Bheso Hr* Solmiitt considered a great find, as th^ are 
rather rare in col loot ions and there has been scmiQ uncertainty as to their 
status * 
He left Gaetr# ■October 21, and traveled ^ auto over the mount- 
ains to Blwaenm. Here he mot Frits Scteaitt, ths son^i-ii^^law of Frits iSller, 
the oelebrated naturalisi, visited Mfill-ar’s fors.er homo and o&v th?? very 
sis^le aicroBcopee with iSiidi he did each exoollent warkm 
He returned to Sao franoiseo Ootobsr 27, shea several oases of 
specimens were packed for shiimeat to lashingtoa* fha weather tides 
being favorable, sssa© excellent collections of shrlapa and amphipoda vers 
Eaode at this station, and he ae^» ’’l*v© extended th© rarigss of a number of 
speeies, and sux'ely found a couple of n&v 0nm here#* 
He arrived off Itajshy at 8 p*m#, lev* 2, after a cold, raii^ 
trip, and early the next aornii:^ anchored off Florlana):polti* S^e tow- 
net hsxile and shore collecting here produced excellent results* 
Ouirig to the mi^ urwoldebl© deli^s. Dr* Schmitt has not been 
able to progress as r-apidiy as he had hoped, but the ground has been as 
thoroughly worked a® possible, and several eases of speclmcwa have alreody 
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been reeeibed at the Mueeiaa* Sis colleetione at this time coEgjrise several 
ihousaM speoimens and consist chiefly of CruBtecee, Coelenterates, Porifera, 
Echinodarms, iLnaelids, Bryozoa, and Fishes* 
