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ing fish were procured to the west of the Isle of Man, and 

 the tanks in the Biological Station were supplied with 

 developing Lemon Soles and "Witches" (White Soles), 

 and with a cross between the " Megrim ' and the Cod. 

 Elsewhere in this Report will be found the accounts given 

 by several of the above-named naturalists of the work 

 which they were engaged in at the Laboratory during the 

 Easter vacation. 



Fig. 3. Eastern half of the Port Erin Biological Station, from the steps, 

 showing tin- apparatus— trawl, dredges, tow-nets, sieves, aquaria, pails, 

 collecting jars and baskets — brought back from a dredging expedition. 



Sea-Fish Hatching. 



In continuation of the experiments carried out at 

 Easter, 1896, last April the Lancashire Sea-Fisheries 

 steamer, "John Fell," came to Port Erin under the 

 direction of Mr. 1!. A. Dawson, the Superintendent, for 



the purpose of searching for spawning fish, On Saturday, 



