Twin Peaks, 480 feet above sea level. Perched on this steej 
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slope, a goo<^hree stories above the next stree-U the house 
commands a magnificent vievif of San Francisco Bay. 
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Tom and I were seated before tliat windowed panorama ? 7 hen 
the bang went off. A mighty jolt accompanied by a deep-seated, 
gutttiral rumble shook the house to its very foundations, just as 
if a terrific blast in a quarry close by had set off a thundering 
avalanche of rock. F/ith the sudden realization that a dv/elling on 
the brink of that precipite^^might be hazardous. I did notllong 
■ hee - i^at-O fgs j - oin 
the more earthquake-wise members of the party in 
rush for the door andjjippen street. 
It may be reassuring to learn tliat a frame house is one of 
the safest places in a quake, yet it is not difficult, even at 
this late date, to scare up more than a little concern thinking 
of what might have happened had the house been nearer the epicenter 
of that quake and toppled over the cliff. 
Two days later, in Los Angeles, Drs. Rehder and Buttress came 
aboard the "Mariposa”, completing our expeditionary party of four - 
marine biologists all. Each his special interests to pursue: 
Bowman (already mentioned) , the smaller Crustacea, chiefly the 
Amphipoda and Copepoda^ Charles E. Cutress, the "radiate" animals 
comprising the Echinodermata - starfishes, sea-cucumbers and their 
relatives - and the Coelenterata, which include the jellyfish, 
sea anemones, and the fleshy and stony corals; Harald A. Rehder, 
the Mollusca - sea shells, land shells, snails, squids, and 
octopuses; and the author, the larger Crustacea - shrimps, crabs. 
