l,M TKANSAcrioNs iJVi'iiM'ooii luouo^; U'A L sDciiyrv. 



^\llilt^ (lu> ii^sl live s\\o\iv\\v(\. \\\\c\\ ['vccd iVoiu (bo 

 in\i>s(in;; mass o( llio i'i>i'(>i)ii. (his (rooliospluM'o ino\(^s 

 throiii^h i\\c walcM' with ;i ri>t;u\ motion, thi^ loni; ciliiim 

 ol {\\c a.iittMior tiitt coiispu'iiously ilirtH'tinl stitlly Corwards, 

 and a.pp;ir(Mi(:ly ('ormini; a. hn\al sonsr or^an. 'V\\o nu)st 

 Mclvaiu'iHl (Muhryos sho\M\l ii decided lon^tluMiiiii; of tho 

 Inuly. rhiiMly ot" {\\c post-i>ral part, aiul thc^ l>i\i;iiimn^i;' o(" a 

 I'oiist lirt ion a littK> l>i^hind tlu> mouth. 



lja.st y(^ar I ohsiM\rd thosi^ (\L;'i;'-uiassos oi' A rrnici^lii 

 ahou(. th(> nuililK^ ot' Maich. o\\ {\\c l\«;r(MU(Mit shoro; Aj^ril 

 •1th. at Port l-liin. I.O.M.. and April 'JIth. at llill)iv 

 Island. Mr. Smol. of Joist>y, has also sont \\\c spiHMUUMis 

 pitluMwl m tliat Island o\\ l-'ohniary '2\H\\. Tins yoar. on 

 April 11th. 1 I'omid larj;\^ mnnhiMs oi' tho usual hrii^ht 

 *;ri\Mi luio m sandy pools auiouL; iho sandstoiu^ rooks o( 

 Ihlhro Island, assiu'iatiul w uh nuiuiM'ous I'asi m^s. I notod 

 on iho last miMitioncni oooasion and also in tho Islo o( Man. 

 that wo ooioons woro to ho soon o\\ thoi^xposod sandy 

 tlats. thouLih oastmj;s mnunuMahlo woro ihoro. and m tho 

 pools \N hori> tlu^y woro ahundant woic^ massc^s o( ilrd 

 and (A l\ii(<Toni(^rpJi{f to whioli tho ooooons assnndatc\l 

 i^xaotly m oolour. (hi tlio othor hand, tho ovu'oons oi' 

 N(V »/(»/)/(>>• wiMo hoquontly to hi^ noliood anohorod amoni;' 

 tho haro ripplo-Un row s of tlu^ sand oxpansc^s. Now thoso 

 c\i;'i;-niassos o( S('o/()/)/(>n aro hardly to lu^ distin^uisluni in 

 oolour tVvMU tho nniddy sands, tho surt'aoo o( tho ooooons 

 Ihh'vmuuil: so ooatod with uuul that [\\c hrowiush oontonts 

 — thomsolvos only a httlo darkor than tho sands do not 

 shoNN throuidi. 



b\unily. M.vi.nAMiw,. 



* Xici^fUdclw li(fnhn'ci(lis, t^l-'ahr.). 



llah: 10. 



Throi^ oi tho hmdmost so^;n\onts tOLiotluM' \\ith tho 

 oharaoloristio iHpiall\ lohod anal funnol. wori> drodi^od otV 



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