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ministration. Germany takes some ten of these tables, and Italy seven. 

 There are, I believe, three American tables — one belonging to the 

 Women's Association — and there are three English (rented by the 

 Universities of Cambridge and Oxford and the British Association re- 

 spectively), consequently there are generally about half-a-dozen English 

 and American biologists at work in the station; but Dr. Dohrn inter- 

 prets in a most liberal spirit the rules as to the occupancy of a table, 

 and, as a matter of fact, during a recent visit of the present writer 

 there were, for a short time, no less than three of us on the books m 

 occupying simultaneously the British Association table, but in reality 

 all provided with separate rooms. 



Wt)RK Places in the La hue Laboratory. 



A work-table is then really a small laboratory fitted up with all that 

 is necessary for ordinary biological research, and additional apparatus 

 and reagents can be obtained as required. The investigator is sup- 

 posed to bring his own microscope and dissecting instruments, but is 

 supplied with alcohols, acids, stains and other chemicals, glass dishes 

 and bottles of various kinds and sizes, drawing materials and mounting 

 reagents. Eequisition forms are placed beside the worker on which to 

 notify his wishes in regard to material and reagents; he is visited at 

 frequent intervals by members of the scientific staff; he has an attend- 

 ant to look after his room and help in other ways, and in fact all his 

 reasonable wants are supplied in the most perfect manner. A scientific 

 man, or woman, then, wishing to do a special research at the Naples 



