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On August nth, E. Heron-Allen and Arthur Earland 

 arrived at Mallaranny for the purpose of collecting 

 Foraminifera. A. D. Cotton at the same time paid his 

 final visit for Marine Algae, working first at Achill Sound, 

 and subsequently on the island. The SS. " Helga," with 

 G. P. Farran and R. Southern on board, came in, and 

 dredging was carried on for some days. After the departure 

 of the steamer further work was done, and the search for 

 Foraminifera was extended as far south as the famous 

 deposit of Dog's Bay near Roundstone. 



The especially low spring tide of September was utilized 

 by A. R. Nichols (Polyzoa) and N. Colgan (Mollusca) for 

 collecting at Louisburgh, while Miss Stephens (Sponges) and 

 Miss Knowles (Lichens) worked during the same period 

 with the " Helga " staff at Blacksod ; but tempestuous 

 weather interfered to some extent with their researches. 



During the same month D. R. Pack-Beresford spent a 

 week working at the spiders of the district lying between 

 Clew Bay and Killary Harbour. 



At the beginning of October Mr. and Mrs. Carleton Rea 

 (Fungi), and Miss Lister (Mycetozoa), went to Westport, 

 where they were joined for two days by R. LI. Praeger, 

 and vigorous exploration of the adjoining woods was 

 carried out for a period of ten days. Miss Stephens was 

 at the same time at work at Fresh-water Sponges in the 

 Newport area. Later, joined by R. LI. Praeger, dredging 

 for Sponges, &c., was carried out in lakes in the Louisburgh 

 and Westport areas ; owing partly to stormy weather, and 

 partly to the nature of the lake -bottoms, which generally 

 consisted either of boulders or deep peat mud, this work 

 proved difficult and not productive of much material. 

 The last visit paid to the district during the year was on 

 November 11, when A. W. Stelfox and R. LI. Praeger 

 worked at Manulla, investigating the lake -marls, and 

 making sections of them in order to throw light on the past 

 history of the fresh-water Mollusca of the district. 



