MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION ON PUFFIN ISLAND. 59 
cross the Straits and then walk or drive two miles to 
Beaumaris. If the weather is favourable the boat from 
Puffin Island can come up to Beaumaris, but when that 
cannot be managed a further walk or drive of four miles to 
Penmon Point is necessary. 
During the gale of lst November, the flat ‘‘ Myra,” of 
Runcorn, was wrecked upon the rocks near the south end 
of the island, and our keeper, with the assistance of two 
rabbit-catchers, succeeded in lowering a rope to the vessel 
and hauling two men up the cliff—a boy was unfortunately 
drowned. The men were kept at the station until the gale 
was over, and were then taken in the boat to the mainland. 
At the beginning of December I visited the island for a 
few days, with the object of examining the fauna on the 
rocks in winter, and also in order to see that all was going 
on well at the station. I found that Mr. and Mrs. Ruther- 
ford had been working hard to improve the condition of the 
house and the laboratory, and were performing their duties 
with energy and with an intelligent interest in the work. 
When the weather permitted, tow-net gatherings were 
taken, sometimes in the daytime and sometimes at night. 
These were carefully preserved and labelled, with the 
locality, date, and other conditions, and were forwarded to 
Mr. Thompson, for examination. The dredge was also 
used when possible, and the shores were explored at low 
tides. During the late autumn and winter the phos- 
phorescence in the sea has sometimes been exceedingly 
briliant. It appears to be always due in this neighbour- 
hood to Noctiluca miliaris, which is frequently present on 
the surface in great abundance. 
This work will be carried on systematically during the 
remainder of the winter, and the specimens so collected 
will form a most valuable mass of material for detailed 
investigation and for comparison with the marine fauna 
