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Zooloijical llAotcs at port Gt. riDai?, 



3sle of fiDan. 



By a. Chopin. 



NOT being able to get to Port St. Mary until late in the 

 evening, I went to the Temperance Hotel, which I found 

 most comfortable, and was well treated. The next 

 morning I went out reconnoitring. The rocks on the left, between 

 the two bays, looked promising, and 1 had a very pleasant walk in 

 that direction, and later in the day strolled to the right of the 

 town, and found the rocks there still more hopeful, so I felt quite 

 at home after getting quiet lodgings at a place where I could have 

 every convenience, a comfortable private room with an unlim- 

 ited supply of pots, pans, basins, etc. Early next morning I 

 went to the rocks on the left of the bay, but was quite dis- 

 appointed, for the Laminai-ia was too much for me ; besides there 

 was a kind of trench which prevented me from getting to the 

 water's edge. However, to make the best of it, I took to uprooting 

 the Laminaria, and looked for sponges and Tunicates, etc. Six of 

 the former and four or five of the latter, with one or two Annelids, 

 and a common Polyzoon, Fliistrafoliacea, were my stock of captures 

 for that morning. I regretted very much I did not go to the 

 other side of the town, as most probably I should have had better 

 results. 



I had set my heart on Anemones and Starfishes, and had not 

 seen anything in that line at all. 1 went home and set to work to 

 identify my stock. My first prize was a rare sponge, Halisarca Du- 

 jardinii, which pleased me very much as I had not seen it before ; 

 afterwards I succeeded in naming all my stock with the exception 

 of one sponge, which proved to be Leucandra Gossei. In the 

 evening I went to the other side of the town ; there also Laminaria^ 

 forest-like, prevented me getting to the water's edge; of course, I 

 felt much disappointed. However, I had the good fortune to find 

 some rock pools, where I got a specimen of Sai:;artia bellis, and 

 saw (which pleased me very much) S. ?nvea. There were three 

 specimens, only I could not get at them, being too low down in the 



