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it was only the accident of an election that prevented the 

 foundation of the Marine Laboratory that year. At this 

 time Dr. Dohrn, of the Naples Zoological Station, cordially 

 endorsed the proposal, and alluded to the University as, by 

 " its position near the sea, inviting more than any other to 

 the now all important study of marine zoology.^' Such 

 a station, moreover, would be extremely useful '' in educa- 

 ting young naturalists to take vigorously in hand the 

 anatomy, histology, and embryology of marine animals, 

 since there is scarcely a more appropriate place in Scotland 

 for this study. I know it well enough," he added, '' having 

 passed more than one holiday near the venerable University, 

 and hope to do so once more this summer." 



In 1882 the practical zoological laboratory in the Univer- 

 sity was used as a marine laboratory, and efforts were made 

 to obtain part, viz. £300, of the surplus (about £1800) from 

 the Edinburgh Fisheries Exhibition for the erection of a 

 special marine laboratory. The whole of the surplus, how- 

 ever, was required for the Granton Marine Laboratory. 



Efforts, nevertheless, were continued, and the experiments 

 in St. Andrews Bay and elsewhere along the eastern shores 

 in connection with H.M. Trawling Commission (1884 — 85) 

 gave additional impetus to the movement. At last the 

 Government, mainly at the instigation of the late Earl of 

 Dalhousie, early in 1884, granted a sura to be devoted to this 

 purpose through the Fishery Board for Scotland, and an im- 

 mediate commencement was made by taking a lease of a wooden 

 building: between the harbour and the beach and fitting- it 

 with tanks, pipes, gas-engine, and pump, while the services 

 of a trained fisherman were also obtained.* Even before 

 the fittings were in order many observations in connection 

 with the trawling work were carried out by aid of a tem- 

 porary apparatus formerly used in salmon-hatching near the 

 Tay. These operations are embodied in the Trawling 

 Report. t Amongst the rarer forms procured for the Labora- 



* A brief account of the structure of the Laboratory is given in the ' Third 

 Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland,' 1885. 



t ' Report of the Commissioners, Trawl, Net, and Beam-Trawl Fishing, 1885,' 

 Lord Dalhousie, chairman. 



