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the Saturday afternoon of each week during the last of 
the series of Fishermen’s Classes. The second class was 
held by desire of some of the Morecambe teachers, and 
was taken advantage of by the head master and_ first 
assistant from three of the schools. | The Barrow teachers 
travelled to and from Piel by train each day. The six 
Morecambe teachers came during the Whitsuntide vaca- 
tion and lived in the establishment during that week. 
Four hours’ instruction were given on the Tuesday, Wed- 
nesday, Thursday and Friday, and the men spent the 
remainder of the time investigating the shores and neigh- 
bourhood. The first class was conducted by Mr. John- 
stone and myself: the second one, in the unavoidable 
absence of Mr. Johnstone, I carried on alone. The 
course im each case was a practical one, and instruction 
was given in the structure, life history and habits of 
common marine animals, such as the cod, the shore crab 
and its allies, the cockle, the mussel, the oyster, micro- 
scopic life in the sea water collected by the tow-net, the 
various animals living on the shore between tidemarks, 
and material washed up from the sea bottom. 
Much interest was shown by the teachers in the work, 
and from the remarks made at the conclusion of the 
course, it was evident that a continuation of these Nature 
Study Classes at Piel would receive much support from 
school teachers in Lancashire. For teachers resident in 
Barrow, evening and Saturday meetings are most con- 
venient; for others, vacation courses alone would be pos- 
sible, unless other arrangements, involving leave of 
absence, could be secured. 
To the school teachers of Lancashire, Piel offers many 
advantages for the study of common marine animals and 
plants. From a distance the shore at low water may 
seem very uninteiesting and barren, but a more careful 
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