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v, keep in spirit any abnormal individuals, or any so small 

 that examination cannot well be made on board, to 

 be forwarded to laboratory at Liverpool, 

 w, examine the surface and bottom tow-net gatherings, 

 put aside before (k, & m,) note any prevalent organ- 

 isms, strain off the water, and preserve the material 

 left in a small bottle (labelled with date and station), 

 to be forwarded to Liverpool for detailed examination. 

 With further experience of the work it may be found 

 necessary in the future to add some further observations, 

 directed towards the elucidation of special points, but in 

 the mean time it seems to me that the above mode of pro- 

 cedure if systematically and carefully carried out will 

 give us much valuable information of the kind we want. 

 And it should be borne in mind that it is only after such 

 a se?'ies of exact observations have been taken for a year or 

 tioo that we can hope to speak with any scientific accuracy 

 of such things as " spawning beds," "nurseries" " feeding 

 grounds" and the like. 



APPENDIX B. 



First List of the Fishes of the District.* 

 Labrax lupus, Bass. 

 Mullus barbatus, Ked Mullet. 

 Pagellus centrodontus, Sea Bream. 

 Sebastes nornegicus, Norway Haddock. 

 Cottus scorpius, Sea scorpion, Bullhead. 



C. bubalis, Father Lasher, Bullhead. 

 Trigla cuculus, Bed gurnard. 



T. hirundo, Sapphirine gurnard. 



T. gurnardus, Gray gurnard. 



* From the Solway to the North Coast of Wales, and including the Isle 

 of Man. 



