VI. 



INTRODUCTORY REMARKS 



BY 



MRS. ALICE RUFFORD. 



A short description may be desirable to acquaint the 

 reader with the reason which has led me to publish this 

 volume. 



Some years ago it was resolved by the Committee of 

 the Hastings Museum Association that the exhibits in the 

 various sections should be catalogued. The Hon. 

 Secretary, Mr. Crake, asked Mr. Eufford to begin by 

 making a list of the specimens of the lower forms of 

 Marine Fauna, giving a short description of each. This 

 work he gladly undertook ; but, finding it impossible to 

 compress in a few words such a definition as would be of 

 any use to a student, he produced the following illustrated 

 catalogue which was acquired by the Association, by 

 whom, but for lack of funds it would have been published. 

 That I am now able to do so is owing to the generosity of 

 the Committee in returning me the MS., and I offer them 

 my sincere thanks for their courtesy. 



I wish also to tender my hearty thanks to 

 Mr. Connold, F.E.S., for undei taking the Editorship, 

 contributing some pages, producing photographs for 

 nineteen plates and relieving me of aJ! care and anxiety ; 

 to Mr. Seward, F.E.S., for his sympathetic Appreciation, 

 and to Dr. Woodward, F.E.S., who kindly obtained 

 permission from the Trustees of the British Museum 

 (South Kensington) to reproduce Plate XXI. ; and lastly 

 to Mr. Crake who constantly helped and encouraged 

 Mr. Eufford in his work, for his kind contribution. 



Knowing how strongly my late husband was imbued 

 with the idea of the Educational value of Museums, I 

 hope this little tribute to his memory will be found 

 helpful to future students of the extremely beautiful and 

 interesting Marine Fauna and Geology of Hastings. 



ALICE EUFFOED. 

 37 MAGDALEN EOAD, 



ST. LEONARDS-ON-SEA. 

 1902. 



