. Barbados-Antigua expedition; narrative and preliminary report of a zoological expedition from theUniversity of Iowa to the Lesser Antilles under the auspices of the Graduate College . 1. Tube-dwelling worms fri)iii llit- si-auall at iIih l>iMk\ard (See page 204)-. The same, photographed in xitu PLATE XLII. 1. Prickly pear or spiny cactus (See page 219) 2. Wild spineless cactus of Antigua (See page 219) 3. Barrel cactus or Turks cap (See page 220) (Photograph by Wehman) BARBADOS-ANTIGUA EXPEDITION 173 tised man on the island of Antigua. This was particularly dis-tressing to one of his nota
. Barbados-Antigua expedition; narrative and preliminary report of a zoological expedition from theUniversity of Iowa to the Lesser Antilles under the auspices of the Graduate College . 1. Tube-dwelling worms fri)iii llit- si-auall at iIih l>iMk\ard (See page 204)-. The same, photographed in xitu PLATE XLII. 1. Prickly pear or spiny cactus (See page 219) 2. Wild spineless cactus of Antigua (See page 219) 3. Barrel cactus or Turks cap (See page 220) (Photograph by Wehman) BARBADOS-ANTIGUA EXPEDITION 173 tised man on the island of Antigua. This was particularly dis-tressing to one of his notably retiring disposition. Furthermore,it was evident that he would have to behave himself circum-spectly during the remainder of his stay, as every member ofthe police force had his complete description with all the marksof identification set forth in detail. He himself did not regard his adventure as anything to makesuch a fuss about, and called it merely an interesting exper-ience. Alls well that ends well; but the director of the ex-pedition looks back upon the anxiety of that night as one of themost unpleasant experiences of the whole cruise. Wehman, Iam glad to say, was none the worse after a few hours of rest andwas at work again as usual before evening. Owing to the distance, nearly twelve miles,
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