66 CURRENT NOTES AND MEMORANDA. 



We have much pleasure in informing our readers that the 

 Depot which has been opened in Jersey for the supply of Natural 

 History specimens is proving a great success. 



We are given to understand that Messrs. Sinel and Co. have 

 peculiarly favourable opportunities for procuring all kinds of 

 Microscopical Marine Life, which they carefully name and pre- 

 serve. The slides, which are unique in their method of prepara- 

 tion, are specially adapted for spot-lens illumination. These we 

 can recommend with confidence to our readers. 



Jersey, with its almost tropical climate, affords a rich hunting- 

 ground for the naturalist, and we are glad to find that Messrs. 

 Sinel and Co. have secured the opportunity, and that they are 

 meeting with a most cordial response to their undertaking. 



Students of marine fife will do well, first, to write for Sinel 

 and Co.'s Circular, and then make a judicious selection. 



We have ourselves received repeated orders from America for 

 Sinel and Co.'s specialities, and have been told that their 5s. 

 jars of living marine organisms have given great satisfaction. 



Mr. Wm. West, of Bradford, has favoured us with a large 

 selection of his objects, prepared for microscopical mounting, con- 

 sisting of Diatoms, Spicules, Animal Hairs, Palates, Anatomical 

 Sections Injected and Stained, Vegetable Sections Double Stained, 

 and Miscellaneous, both Botanical and Non-Botanical. 



These objects are prepared by S. Louis, of Paris. At present 

 we have had time to mount but a few of the above. We think 

 they are all well prepared. The quantity is abundant, and in 

 many cases quite sufficient for a number of slides. 



Skeletons with Care. — The above was the startling label 

 attached to a somewhat bulky parcel received by " Parcels Post " 

 a short time ago. That the editor's sanctum is often the reception- 

 room for strange visitors is, of course, tolerably well known ; but 

 that skeletons should thus introduce themselves is a little out of 

 the regular run of common events. Who could our skeleton 

 visitor be and what could be his errand our well-used scissors soon 

 solved. 



Readers of Parts 7 and 8 of our Journal, published together 

 in October, will remember that we stated that Mr. E. Wade- 

 Wilton, of Leeds, was now directing his attention to the supply of 

 Animal and Vegetable specimens suitable for Biological Class 

 Demonstration. The skeleton referred to proved to be that of a 



