I04 NATURAL SCIENCE. Feb.. 



out at sea there are beds from which the fishermen dredge up the 

 beautiful glass-rope sponge Hyalonema and a magnificent Penta- 

 crinid, the Metacvinus rotnndns of P. H. Carpenter. According to 

 Professor Mitsukuri {Jouvn. Coll. Sci., vol. i., p. 383, Tokio, 1887) 

 the following are the more important animals found in this locality. 

 " Foraminifera are likely to furnish a great many species. . . . 

 Of the Radiolarians we have seen some — mostly of the Acantho- 

 metridse. Sponges are well represented. , . . Specimens of 

 Hyalonema in museums of Europe and America are in reality mostly 

 from Misaki, although they are marked as from Enoshima where they 

 are bought and sold . . . Tetilla japonica, Lampe, is found in great 

 abundance in the harbour of Misaki during the summer months. Of 

 the Coelenterata, hydroid colonies are not very numerous, although 

 we found one species of Aglaophenia in great abundance in December. 

 Hydromedusae, Acalephae, and Sea-anemones are fairly numerous. 

 Corals are found living, as also Vevetillnm and other Pennatulids. Of 

 the Echinoderms, there are several species of sea-urchins, star-fishes, 

 ophiurans and holothurians, some species being found in great 

 number. A Comatnla is also found. . . . The MoUusca are 

 exceptionally abundant. Tide-pools etc. may be said to be alive 

 with them in the spring, and their egg-masses form conspicuous 

 objects at the same season of the year. Some of the more noticeable 

 molluscs are Chiton, Haliotls, Aplysia, a curious Tethys and other 

 beautifully coloured Nudibranchs, Patella, etc. Cephalopoda are 

 caught in abundance by fishermen. Crustaceans are very largely, 

 and worms fairly well, represented. Lingnla is found here as in 

 almost every part of Japan. The inlet of Muroiso is fairly choked 

 with Ascidians, and their bright red egg-masses form striking objects 

 at the breeding season. Surface collection also furnishes many in- 

 teresting animals. Besides the usual number of the Crustacean 

 larvae etc. we have caught Doliolum, Salpa, Pteropoda, Heteropoda 

 {Atlanta, Pterotrachea), Actinotrocha, Tornaria, Siphonophora, Pilidium, 

 Loven's larva etc. Physalia and Charybdea are a.lso found. The Kuro- 

 shio ["black tide," a warm current] which passes off the coast of 

 Japan has no doubt some influence on the surface fauna of this part." 



How such a description must make the mouths of our Plymouth 

 brethren water ! And it must also be remembered that these 

 splendid opportunities are not merely open to advanced investigators, 

 but that all students in the biological school of the University are 

 required to pass at least one term at this station. This seems a 

 feature in which we might very well learn something from Japan. 



Now that we know something about the organisation of the 

 College of Science, we have to consider what has resulted from all 

 this. In 1893 the number of students said to be working at the 

 natural sciences was about thirty. There were, as is usual in other 

 places, a larger number studying physics and chemistry. How many 

 of these graduated, I was of course unable to learn at the time I was 



