ZOOLOGY IN JAPAN. IO5 



for not only hav^e almost all who are known as zoologists in Japan 

 come out of that Institute, but there are always a dozen or more 

 advanced students there eagerly carrying on investigations. Great 

 encouragement is given by the University to those who wish to 

 continue their studies after obtaining their first degree, and the 

 results have so far been very satisfactory. 



In the museum belonging to the Institute something more than 

 a mere collection for instruction has been attempted. It has 

 been devoted to the fauna of Japan, and is especially rich in 

 the marine invertebrates. All the forms recently obtained from the 

 deeper parts of the Sagami seas are deposited there. Very striking 

 is the collection of Hexactinellidse, a monograph on which is 

 now being prepared by Prof. Ijima. Other groups are also well 

 represented, and important additions are constantly being made. 



The Science College publishes a journal embodying the results 

 of investigations carried on in its various departments by professors, 

 graduates and students, or relating to Japan : the zoologists have 

 availed themselves of the opportunities thus afforded, and in this 

 journal more extended zoological contributions from Japan may 

 be looked for. 



The Tokyo Zoological Society, which unfortunately has as 

 yet no quarters of its own, is temporarily domiciled in the 

 Zoological Institute of the Science College. It publishes a journal 

 in Japanese called the Zoological Magazine, which is in its tenth 

 volume. The part in foreign languages, which was at one time 

 published with this Zoological Magazine, has been detached as a 

 separate publication, and is known as the Annotationes Zoologicae 

 Japonenses. 



In connection with the Tokyo Imperial University there is a 

 second Zoological Institute belonging to its Agricultural College. 

 This lies outside the city boundary and is about four or five miles 

 from the other departments of the University. Prof. Ishikawa and 

 Prof Sasaki are to be found in this Institute. 



There is also a Zoological laboratory belonging to the Fisheries 

 Bureau. Dr Kishinouye, who is present here, presides over it. 

 Various fisheries problems, some of which are peculiar to the Far 

 East, are being studied by the workers in this laboratory. 



Besides these there are several other Zoological laboratories 

 connected with various schools. 



In Tokyo there is also a unique institution, i.e. the turtle-farm. 

 The snapping-turtle (7^;7t;//ja-y^//^^;//67/j-) occupies in Japanese gastro- 

 nomies the high place accorded to the green turtle in the English, 

 and to the terrapin in the American. Some thirty years ago a man 

 in Toky5 conceived the idea of cultivating these delicious reptiles 

 in a farm, and began experimenting in various ways. Within 

 the last fifteen years his son has carried the business to such a high 

 pitch of perfection that it is now firmly established and proves 

 very lucrative. About 35,000 embryos are now annually hatched 



