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Beebe reported continuous rough weather. He described taking his first specimens of marine surface-walking insects-a Sargassum fish with fins like hands-and a mass of its eggs which are now hatching in the aquarium of the Arcturus. In spite of the weather, bottom dredging was possible to a depth of three miles. A half-inch cable, containing seven strands of 19 wires each (133 wires in all), was paid out from the drums for three hours, while the steamer drifted in the trough of the swell. The steamer proceeded at about three knots an hour. It then required...
Having found that the accuracy of his observations was questioned upon previous occasions, Mr. Marsh added several scientists to his party when he started south last Winter. Among these were C. M. Breder of the New York City Aquarium, Prof. Fairchild, geologist, of Rochester, and Dr. Baer, anthropologist, of the U. S. National Museum at Washington. The two latter scientists, finding themselves unable to endure the hardships of the climate and of jungle travel, returned several months ago, while Ichthyologist Breder, though young and strong, has occupied a Panama hospital since May. Thus no scientists remained to comment upon...
Once arrived at Riverside, a scene of unparalleled activity will meet the jaded eye. Beer and other insipid compounds will foam on every hand. There will be aquatic sports in the village aquarium, water and breech-clouts to be provided by the management. Tennis courts will be at the disposal of owners of rackets and balls, and there will be a baseball game between the Married Men and Bachelors. Balls and bats must be carried by players. A track will be provided for clean-limbed young runners, for whom splendid prizes have been procured...
...theory of design, and by Mr. Joseph Lindon Smith and Mr. H. B. Warren, instructors in freehand drawing. The successful architectural renderings for the Rotch and Nelson Robinson, Jr., scholarships have also been secured. The former was won by L. P. Burnham '02 with designs for a marine aquarium, the latter by A. E. Boyle '02, assistant in architecture, with designs for a school for a society of arts and crafts
Harvard Natural History Society. A Self-Sustaining Aquarium. Mr. P. L. Swain. Sturgeon Fishing on the Suwanee River. Mr. W. S. Weeks. Short Papers. Room 6 of Union...