Narrative and preliminary report of Bahama expedition . - of the specimens came on deck in good were broken in the operation of disentangling from thehemp strands, and a few. not very many, were ruined by theirnoted proclivity to â¢â¢ fly all to pieces when displeased, ashocking habit, especialh in crin(Mds uorth twenty dollarsapiece. The method of preser\ing in pairs of pans soldered together,as described on page 56. worked admirably, the specimens thuscared for reaching Iowa City, after three months tossing abouton the â ⢠Emily E. Johnson. in excellent condition, not havings
Narrative and preliminary report of Bahama expedition . - of the specimens came on deck in good were broken in the operation of disentangling from thehemp strands, and a few. not very many, were ruined by theirnoted proclivity to â¢â¢ fly all to pieces when displeased, ashocking habit, especialh in crin(Mds uorth twenty dollarsapiece. The method of preser\ing in pairs of pans soldered together,as described on page 56. worked admirably, the specimens thuscared for reaching Iowa City, after three months tossing abouton the â ⢠Emily E. Johnson. in excellent condition, not havingsuffered the slightest damage so far as we could see. Theremainder were transported in a large square tank of alcohol,. NarkATiNi-: of Bahama IIxim^dition. 75 and these also came ihrou^h with remarkably little clama_o-e. The tirst specimen of modern Pci/farniiiis brought to theattention of the scientilic world was secured from the vicinityof the Island of Martinique, and sent to Paris in 1775. Duringthe next centur\- onl\- a few isolated specimens found their wayto Europe, and none of these had the soft parts sutlicientlywell preserved for satisfactory investigation. The â ⢠Chal-lenger secured quite a series, comprising several new species,but nowhere were they found in any considerable quantitiesduring that memorable expedition. It remained for the UnitedStates Coast Survey Steamer â¢â¢ Blake to discover that thereare still spots on the earths surface where these gracefulforms grow in almost as great profusion as during past geo-logical times. So far as the writer can discover, only two vessels dredgedover the pentacrinus grounds previous to the visit of the â EmilyE. Johnson. These were the â
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