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again ovgauized for an aquatic trip. It consisted of 

 Professors Allman, Redferu, and Kinnalian; the Rev. P. P. 

 Carpenter, of Wariington ; Dr. Edwards, Mr. Hyndman, 

 Mr. Robert M'Andrew, Lis son, and myself. To Mr. 

 M'AndreAv, onr sincerely esteemed friend and late presi- 

 dent, we owed the pleasure of this excursion, which was 

 made in his beautiful commodious yacht, the "Naiad," 

 furnished Avitli all the apparatus necessary to the marine 

 zoologist, such as dredges, nets, &c. Besides providing 

 for our creature comforts in the most Hberal manner, 

 our host gave us the full benefit of his great experience 

 in dredging matters, and treated lis with a degree of 

 kindness, which I am sure I may say for all, will never 

 be foi'gotten. We had so slight a breeze that, whilst 

 busily engaged at breakfast, we glided out of the harboux* 

 without being aware we had left the anchor. The wind, 

 however, freshened, and we soon lost sight of land. Our 

 course was for the Kish Bank, which we reached by noon, 

 and the dredge was lowered ; it grated along as a natura- 

 list loves to feel it, over a rough bottom, which proved to 

 be a bed of Escallops (Pecten maxima), great niimbers of 

 ■which were brought up at each haul of the dredge. The 

 results of our operations will be shewn by my giving you 

 the names of the specimens we procured. 

 Of Mollusca we dredged : — 



Saxicava arctica, Syndosmya alba, 



Corbula nucleus, prismatica, 



Thracia phaseolina, Douax anatinus, 



Solen sihqua, Mactra stultorum, 



pellucidus, elliptica, 



Solecurtus candidus. Tapes virginea, 



Psammobia Ferroensis, Venus striatula, 



tellinella, fasciata ? 



Tellina tenuis, Artemis lineta, 

 fabula, exoleta, 



