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preserved owing to my inability to work up all my gleanings 

 in a living state I have not yet determined all the species. 

 I shall be glad to hear of some one who will help me to 

 obtain fresh material from this part of the country. 



As the special facilities for tourists are not provided till 

 June ist, I was a few days too early for these conveniences. 

 This was in most instances an advantage, as it saved me 

 from being the gazing-stock of an idle- crowd, alwa5'S on the 

 look-out for the ludicrous ; it had, however, in this instance, 

 its drawbacks, for the conveniences for visiting Portrush and 

 the Causeway were inadequate, and I w^as consequently 

 unable to do any work at those places worthy of placing 

 on record. I saw" various localities which struck me as 

 specially suitable for aquatic annelids, and in the event of 

 another visit shall know where to turn my attention. 



My next destination was Derry. The run thence .from 

 Coleraine w^as full of interest, and the localit}^ under the 

 genial and enthusiastic guidance of my kind host, proved an 

 admirable hunting-ground. A report of my finds here must, 

 how^ever, be reserv^ed for ni}^ next paper. Meanwhile I shall 

 be very grateful if the reader will seek for specimens of 

 aquatic worms under stones, w^aterweeds, algae, mud, and 

 elsewhere, and forward 'the same to me at Ocker Hill, Tipton, 

 Staffs. ■ . 



OBITUARY 



Henry Xewei^Tv Martin. 

 We should have noticed earHer the premature death of this famous 

 Irish biologist, who was born at Newry in 1848. After brilliant university 

 courses at London and Cambridge, acting at the latter as demonstrator to 

 Prof Michael Foster, he became assistant to Huxley, in collaboration 

 with whom he produced the well-known " Practical Biology." In 1876 

 he accepted the professorship of biology in Johns Hopkins University, 

 Baltimore, U.S.A., where he carried out many valuable physiological 

 researches, wrote several text books, and trained a number of talented 

 pupils. In 1893 his health failed ; he resigned his chair and returned to 

 England, where it was hoped he might have regained strength. But he 

 gradually became weaker and passed away at Burley-in-Wharfedale, 

 Yorkshire, on October 27tli of last year. 



