. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. astern of the While the dredging was going on the guests talkc(K—in t'.icl there was not a quiet mnnicnt on the whole trip, each (uio wailing a chance to get in liix word. The conversation ranged from war to astronomy, frcjm architecture to pohtic^, from hiw to fishing and back over it all again. No one's audience could get away and every one had his cliance. \\nien the word went out that the dredge was coming u]) everyone went to the stern to see the catch. Up came the vil)rating cab
. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. astern of the While the dredging was going on the guests talkc(K—in t'.icl there was not a quiet mnnicnt on the whole trip, each (uio wailing a chance to get in liix word. The conversation ranged from war to astronomy, frcjm architecture to pohtic^, from hiw to fishing and back over it all again. No one's audience could get away and every one had his cliance. \\nien the word went out that the dredge was coming u]) everyone went to the stern to see the catch. Up came the vil)rating cable getting more and more perpendicular as its load left the bottom and neared the surface until at last the steel- framed canvas bag was swung on to the deck and dumped. There were about a bushel of assorted seaweed, perhaps a dozen starfish, flounders (classified by the Professor), crabs with bodies the size of a match-head and legs and claws as long as a big tarantula, and worms that might have dropped from a fish- hook. The catch, except the fish and kelp, went into bottles of water to be further examined and filed. The trip back was uneventful, except that the New Mem- ber, while sitting in the bow, was savagely attacked by a large wave. Part of the water escaped, but he stood up in the sun the rest of the trip Just before landing the Photographic Treasurer put off in the life boat to take a picture of the party. He stood on a plank 26. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif. : The Academy
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