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Two others have also been established, one in Holland and the 

 other in the English Channel on the Island of Jersey. 



In consequence of a prolonged abode in Johor (in the south of the 

 Malay Peninsula), I endeavoured in 1875 to establish a zoological 

 station there. The site, in the very midst of the tropical world, and 

 in the neighbourhood of Singapore appeared to me especially 

 adapted for such a purpose.* This undertaking had nearly reached 

 its completion : the site, a small island, had been liberally 

 guaranteed to me by the British Government, and the plan of the 

 small buUding had been laid out, when a new voyage to the islands 

 of the Pacific and also New Guinea, interrupted my personal 

 superintendence of the execution of my plan. When, after two 

 years' absence, I arrived at Singapore, I learned to my great sorrow 

 and annoyance that, in spite of all that I had done, my proposal 

 had not arrived at its accomplishment. The illness which ensued 

 upon my return to Singapore — which is also one of the causes 

 which has impelled me to visit Australia — rendered any renewal 

 of my attempt impossible. But I hope, if my wandering life 

 allows it, to realise my deep-felt desire for the establishment of 

 a station in the tropics. The place which I have in view for that 

 purpose is Kema, to the north of the Island of Celebes. 



After this short historical survey of the gradual rise of zoo- 

 logical stations, I return to my proposal and pass from the 

 theoretical to the practical side. 



To summarise briefly what is wanted. We require a worJc- 

 sJiop — a laboratory for zoological students in the widest sense of the 

 word. It may at first be a single well-lighted room of tolerable 

 size, furnished with some of the most necessary implements. 

 The full apparatus and furniture may be completed hereafter. 

 Everyone who works at the station will gladly undertake, after 

 the completion of his investigations, to increase the original 

 stock by the gift of the appliances which he has needed for his 

 own labour. The immediate need is not of apparatus, hut of a 

 place for undisturbed work — a suitable convenient room, or, better 

 still, a small detached cottage built for the purpose. 



Seo "Nature," Vol. XII., No. 304, p. 382. 



