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...Agassiz's work has consisted in sounding and trawling in shallow and deep water for animal life. The result of the trawls were, however, very barren, both outside and inside the lagoons. The temperature of the water at 500 fathoms was found to be quite generally 40 degrees Farenheit. During the trip many photographs of the structure and mode of formation of the Paumotu Islands have been taken, and Mr. Mayer has devoted much time to drawing the medusae which have been collected...
...lectureroom is altogether too hot for the enjoyment of the lectures. Men who climb to such a height as the top of the Museum, expect to get above the regions of intense heat; but in these expectations they are terribly disappointed. A temperature of eighty or ninety degrees, Farenheit, is too hot for the natural continuance of life, to say nothing of the gaining of profit from a lecture. In view of these facts, then, cannot more attention be given hereafter to the proper ventilation and cooling of the N. H. 4 lecture room-a room that is resorted...