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4. Surrace Lirz or Sea.—lownet gatherings, fish eggs, 
diatoms, copepoda. 
5. Fisnerres Muspum.—An examination of the cases in 
the museum at University College. 
6. Eprste Motiusca.—Oyster, cockle and mussel. 
. Fish Parasrres.—External and internal, and their 
hosts. 
8. Fish SrructurE.—Cod—Also stages of growth and 
changes in reproductive organs. 
9. Foop or Fisues.—How to examine fishes’ stomachs 
and determine principal food matters. 
10. Eaes anp Larva Staces or Fisu.—How to dis- 
tinguish them and where they are found. Also 
egos of Shell-Fish and Crustacea. 
The whole course was made entirely practical in character. 
Each man examined everything for himself. The course 
was preceded by an introductory address by myself, and 
I finished it with a short concluding lecture. 
The Committee may like to have recorded here the list 
of those who attended this first laboratory class for fisher- 
men. It is as follows: — 
In Febrnary— 
John Wright, Southport. 
Wilham Wright, Southport. 
George Alexander, Morecambe. 
Luke Woodhouse, Morecambe. 
In March— 
Walter Baxter, Morecambe. 
Robert Gardner, Morecambe. 
James Allan, Morecambe. 
Thomas Wilson, Morecambe. 
Edward Woodhouse, Morecambe. 
Jolin Wright, Southport. 
Albert Robinson, Southport. 
