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Manager, to Wm. J. Ffennell, Esq., in testimony of esteem, 
and of their sense of the services rendered by him as 
Commissioner of Fisheries.’ We are yet only at the beginning 
of the list of objects of interest which may be found on a fish- 
stall in an inland town; but time passes, and I must stop; 
for it would be impossible for me to catalogue the hundredth 
part of them. I can only hint at an examination of the 
structure of the bones and teeth of fishes, their earbones or 
otoliths, and the crystalline lenses of their eyes; of the shells 
of the crustacea, the ciliated gills of the oyster and the 
mussel, the eyed mantle of the scallop, the exquisitely toothed 
lingual membranes of the whelk and periwinkle, &c., and the 
tunicata, polyzoa, annelids, sponges, &c., &c., which are to be 
found on the shells of some of them. But I must remind 
you that in about a month from now you may have an oppor- 
tunity, if you choose, of observing the development of young 
oysters from the condition in which the spawning mollusc is 
said to be ‘ white-sick’ to that in which, with perfectly- 
formed double-convex valves, they are ready for extrusion from 
the mantle of the parent when it is said to be ‘ black-sick.’ 
And now, gentlemen, although I have drawn only an outline 
sketch, I think I have said enough to cause you to agree with 
me that if, whilst searching for pretty objects for his cabinet, 
the young microscopist will study the structural and com- 
parative anatomy of the sea-creatures laid out before him, he 
_may learn many a lesson in marine zoology, and contemplate 
many a ‘ wonder of the deep’ without ‘ going down to the 
sea;’ and that if he appreciate properly the exquisite 
harmony of their organs and parts, and their perfect adapta- 
tion to the circumstances in which they are placed, and the 
uses to which they were intended to be applied, there is 
possibly another lesson still that he may learn whilst thinking 
over ‘ The Microscopy of a Fishmonger’s Shop.’” 
Two or three questions, pertinent to the subject, having 
been put by Mr. F. Warren, Mr. H. Lone, and Dr. Strone, 
and replied to by the Presipent, the thanks of the Club were 
heartily accorded to that gentleman for his highly interesting 
and instructive paper. 
It was also announced that this was the last meeting prior 
to the recess, and it was mentioned that three or four excur- 
sions had been contemplated during the summer months, of 
which notice would be given through the usual media. 
The following gentlemen exhibited objects, more or less 
intimately connected with the paper that had been read :—The 
President, Mr. A. D. Taylor, Mr. J. Berney, Mr. Cushing, 
Mr. J. 8. Johnson, Mr. Henry Long, Mr. Edward Sturge, and 
