Narrative and preliminary report of Bahama expedition . the beauties and novelties of the first few days; but there wasmuch that it was necessaiy to accomplish before getting tosea, and work was commenced at once. According to agreement, the assignment of work was leftto the executive committee, and it is a pleasure to state at thecommencement that the entire party prompth and efiicientlyattended to the work assigned, and that the amount of grumb-ling over obnoxious tasks was surprisingly small. Some were put to work at unpacking and arranging the. Narrative of Bahama Expedition. 21 microscope
Narrative and preliminary report of Bahama expedition . the beauties and novelties of the first few days; but there wasmuch that it was necessaiy to accomplish before getting tosea, and work was commenced at once. According to agreement, the assignment of work was leftto the executive committee, and it is a pleasure to state at thecommencement that the entire party prompth and efiicientlyattended to the work assigned, and that the amount of grumb-ling over obnoxious tasks was surprisingly small. Some were put to work at unpacking and arranging the. Narrative of Bahama Expedition. 21 microscopes and other laboratory material; others unpackedthe books and placed them on the shelves of the • Library,fitting a movable wooden bar in front of each row, so that nomovement of the vessel could displace the books. Beforeleaving home, all of the larger and more expensive volumes,such as the •• Challenger Reports and monographic works,had been carefully covered with oil-cloth, lettered on the backwith white paint. A convenient place was found under the cabin floor, for thetwenty-four ten gallon alcohol tanks, where they helped trimthe vessel and were safe from accident. Then the threehundred fathoms of iron rope had to be reeled upon the drumof the dredging machine under tension, and at the same timethoroughly oiled to prevent corroding in the sea air. All ofthe stores had to be carefully re-stowed before we got out intothe Atlantic, a work accomplished under the superintendenceof the mate, who directed the 3oung men in disposing of t
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