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holidays at fall or winter for the entire classes of the Sorbonne to spend 

 several days iu collecting trips in the neighborhood. The region with 

 its little port is famous for its fisheries, and one in especial is that of 

 the angler, Lophivs, a fish that would not be regarded as especially 

 dainty on our side of the Atlantic. 



The station on the Straits of Dover, at Winiereux, has earned a 

 Euroj^ean reputation in the work of Prof. Giard. It is but a small 

 frame building, scarcely large enough to include the advanced students 

 selected from the Sorbonne. The laboratory is, in a way, a rival of 

 Eoscoflf, and it is noteworthy that its workers seem to make a point of 

 studying the laboratory details of the German universities. 



The marine laboratory of Arcachon, one of the oldest of France, was 

 built in 1867 by the local scientific society, and was carried on inde- 

 pendently until the time of the losses of the Franco-Prussian w^ar. Its 

 management was then fused with that of the faculty of medicine of 

 Bordeaux, with whose assistance, aided by that of a small subsidy from 

 the Government, the work of the institution was carried on. Arcachon, 

 near I)ordeaux, is in itself a most interesting locality. It has become a 

 summering place, noted for its pine lands and the broad, mindy phKje, 

 picturesque in summer with swarms of quaintly dressed children, the 

 local headdress of the peasant mingling with the latest toilet from 

 Paris. Here and there is to be seen that accompaniment of every 

 French watering place, the goat boy in his smock and berret, fluting to 

 his dozen charges, who walk in a stately way before him. The Bay of 

 Arcachon is a small, tranquil, inland sea, long known for its rich fauna. 

 In large part it is laid out in oyster parks, Avhich constitute to no small 

 degree the source of wealth of the entire region. Shallow and warm 

 waters seem to give the marine life the best conditions for growth and 

 development. The laboratory is placed Just at the margin of the water. 

 It inchides a dozen or more work-places for investigators, well sui)plied 

 with aquaria, a library on the second iloor, a small museum containing 

 collections of local fiiuna, including numerous relics of Cetaceans that 

 have found their way into this inland sea. A small aquarium room, 

 opened to the public, is well provided with local forms of fishes, and 

 like that of Naples, is eagerly visited. Those who are entitled freely 

 to the use of the work-places are instructors in French colleges, mem- 

 bers of the society, and all the advanced students from the colleges 

 of the State. For other students work-place is given upon the pay- 

 ment of a fee whose amount is regulated each year by the trustees. 

 As at Koscoff, material is plentifully supplied. 



The zoological station at Cette is a direct annex of the University 

 of Montpelier, and it will be gladly learned that its temporary building- 

 is being replaced by one of stone, which will enable Prof. Sabatier to 

 add in no little way to the working facilities of his students. The 

 region, in every essential regard, is similar to that of Banyuls. 



The station at Marseilles is devoted in a great part to questions relat- 



