10 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
also made and notwithstanding the length of time consumed and 
the expense of such a prolonged trip, this was taken by ten persons. 
The days were spent in the general study of the fauna of the shores 
and the evenings in surface work. Reports and theses on the speci¬ 
mens found and preserved were subsequently prepared, each student 
selecting a distinct group of animals. Another longer excursion of 
ten days was made to Gouldsborough on Frenchman’s Bay, Maine. 
Several boats together with dredging apparatus were placed at the 
command of this party. The habits of marine animals were the 
principal subject for observation on this trip. As on previous trips 
an effort was made to collect extensively, and lists of the species are 
in preparation as part of the theses of the members of the class. 
Several members of this class made an independent excursion of 
several weeks’ duration to the island of Monhegan and collected a 
large number of marine invertebrates, some of which have not been 
heretofore reported from this part of the coast. The autumn course 
of field lessons in zoology also given by Mr. Grabau began Septem¬ 
ber 10, and ten lessons were given ; but owing to the exceptional 
inclemency of the weather, eight of these were necessarily trans¬ 
formed into laboratory exercises. The average attendance w T as 
twenty. 
The Hale house natural history club, founded by members of 
these classes, still continues to work in cooperation. All remunera¬ 
tion ceased with the close of the spring courses, and since then 
Mr. Grabau has been conducting the instruction without pay, 
excepting in so far as the members of the classes have defrayed his 
traveling expenses and the cost of circulars and correspondence. 
Unless some substantial support can be obtained for this work, it 
must cease, and the fruit of years of preparation as well as several 
years of direct work will be lost. A few hundred dollars per year 
would enable us to carry on these classes which must eventually 
exercise a large influence upon our efforts to investigate and excite 
a general interest in the natural history of New England. 
Our work upon the geology of this region is in full swing with 
two able men, one constantly investigating and publishing, the 
other at the head of a large, enthusiastic, and increasing class of 
teachers in the public and private schools. 
The zoology has also been successful and will do quite as much 
for the biological side of our work, if it meet with equal patronage. 
The spring work in zoology has been begun with one regular 
