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used stated. Attention was finally drawn to surface fishing 

 in deep water^ and to drift net fishing. 



12. *' Report of a fortnight's work collecting soles and 

 putting them into a pond up the Cattewater." 



The result of this work was that 103 fish were placed alive 

 in Mr. Bulteel's pond, viz. — 



39 SoJea vulgaris. 

 58 ,, lascnris. 

 6 „ variegata. 



13. " An account of the Laboratory of the Association.'' 

 This appeared in the first number of the Journal. 



14. " Preliminary Report of the Fauna and Flora of the 

 district." This Report^ which was forwarded to the Hon. 

 Secretary in July, consists of lists of species recorded by 

 various authorities from Plymouth or the neighboui'hood, a 

 certain number of species found by myself being also inserted. 



I am, gentlemen. 



Yours faithfully, 



Walter Heape. 



Al^PENDlX. 



In concluding this Report I beg to lay before you certain 

 conclusions which my experience at the station has led me 

 to believe may have reference to some of the work to be 

 carried on in the future by the Association. The reasons 

 which have mainly influenced me in arriving at these con- 

 clusions are : 



1. The importance of treating questions of Fauna in the 

 widest sense. 



2. The necessity of collecting and systematically tabulating 

 observations for some years, before any attempt is made to 

 generalise from them. 



3. That accurate meteorological data and statistics of 

 marine temperature, specific gravity, &c., will be absolutely 

 necessary before it will be possible to understand, or, indeed, 

 to consider at all such great questions as migration, dis- 

 tribution, and the daily and hourly movements of animals 

 livinsf at the surface and in mid-water. 



