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tainute structure of the Teleostean eye, from the early 

 embryo onwards. He is still busy with this research. 



Besides the marine researches carried out since the open- 

 ing of the Mai'ine Laboratory, it is necessary to point out 

 that many previous zoological inquiries had been made at 

 St. Andrews. These are indicated in the ' Marine Inverte- 

 brates and Fishes of St. Andrews,' in the ' British Annelids,' 

 Part I (Ray Society), and other publications ; and that numer- 

 ous specimens have been freely sent to scientific workers at 

 home and abroad, as well as to the British Museum and other 

 collections. 



While the main purpose of the establishment is the 

 increase in our knowledge of the food-fishes, edible inverte- 

 brates, and all that relates to them, it is self-evident that a 

 knowledge of the intricate environment of these cannot be 

 satisfactorily made without a series of collateral researches 

 into various departments of marine zoology, and, therefore, 

 the work has been carried out on a broad basis. The prac- 

 ticability of increasing the supply of marine fishes of value, 

 e. g. the sole, in places where it is only rarely met with, has 

 never been lost sight of ; and though the Fishery Board have 

 not yet granted the necessary aid of a steamer, it is to be 

 hoped that this obstacle will soon be overcome. The closure 

 of the bay, as insisted on in the ' Trawling E-eport/ would 

 give most favorable opportunities for such experiments. 



A large series of original coloured drawings, of great 

 beauty (by the late Mrs. Giinther), and a mass of MS. in 

 connection with the monograph on the ' British Annelids,' 

 for the Ray Society, are in hand. The collection of speci- 

 mens (in spirit and microscopic) in connection with this work 

 is also very extensive. 



It may, in conclusion, be mentioned that the life-histories 

 of the important food-fishes, such as the cod, haddock, 

 whiting, ling, green-cod, gurnard, bib, poor cod, various 

 flat fishes {Pluronectidw), catfish, and others, have been 

 more or less completely followed from the egg onward. This 

 is more difiicult than it at first sight appears, for it is only 

 by prolonged use of such an apparatus as the large mid- 

 water net — inshore and in deep water — that reliable data 



