36 FOUNDERS OF OCEANOGRAPHY 



what better position could there be for this finely formed 

 reminder of the Manx pioneer of science than in this workshop 

 of Manx marine biology, devoted to the continuation and 

 extension of Forbes's work in his native land ? For here, all 

 researchers who work in the laboratory, every one of the 

 hundreds of senior students who enter on a course of study at 

 Port Erin, and all who care of the many thousands of visitors 

 who frequent the Aquarium, recognize or learn who Professor 

 Edward Forbes was, and what he did. His works are in our 

 library at the Biological Station, the starfishes and molluscs 

 he described so well with pen and pencil are in the sea before 

 our doors, his home at Ballaugh is almost in sight. In all 

 our work at Port Erin, we keep his words, as well as his 

 familiar features, constantly before us as an example, an 

 inspiration, and a reminder of the great Manx naturalist, 

 who first made known the abundant treasures of our seas. 



