I06 SECTION A. GENERAL ZOOLOGY. 



and they become marketable in three or four years. From the 

 embryological standpoint such an abundance of material was not 

 to be lost sight of, and having also had a breeding place established 

 for our ordinary tortoise {Clcvimys japonicd) in the same farm, I have 

 seized the opportunity thus afforded of studying the embryology of 

 Reptiles. I believe that science and practical farming have in this 

 case mutually benefited each other. From my experiences, I am 

 inclined to think that we have now arrived at the stage of embryo- 

 logical investigation in which an abundant supply of good material 

 has become a greater desideratum than heretofore, and I believe 

 that such a farm v/ill become a necessary part of a zoological 

 institution. 



There is also an Imperial Museum and a small Zoological 

 Garden in the Uyeno Park in Tokyo. 



When we pass out of Tokyo I must take you first of all to the 

 Marine Biological Station in Misaki. This is an appendage of the 

 Zoological Institute of the Science College. It is therefore primarily 

 intended for the use of professors and students of the Imperial 

 University, but it also gives facilities to other persons. The course 

 in Biology in the Science College is perhaps peculiar in the fact 

 that students are required to pass at least one season in the station, 

 and indeed, those who take up Zoology as their speciality spend 

 much more time than is required at the seashore, and become 

 familiar with the marine life at first hand. 



Misaki is at the point of the peninsula which divides the Bay of 

 Sagami from the Bay of T5ky5, and is reached from T5ky5 by 

 steamer in about five hours. The station was until recently in 

 the town of Misaki, but the accommodation not being equal to 

 the demand, it has been removed within the last year to a locality 

 about two miles away to the north. The situation is one of the 

 most beautiful in Japan, commanding a matchless view of the sea 

 and of the immortal Fujiyama. The station occupies a small 

 peninsula dividing the Sagami sea from an inlet, the latter forming 

 one of the safest anchorages possible. On the peninsula there is 

 a low level ground between two hills, and on that low ground 

 stand the laboratory buildings, while on one of the hills is built 

 the dormitory. The new laboratory is able to accommodate about 

 twenty workers. 



The station commands a very rich fauna. Many inlets along 

 the coast have all kinds of bottom, yielding a rich variety of animal 

 forms. In the immediate vicinity of the station there are ledges 

 of Ascidians, beds of Lingula and Gephyreans, and grottoes of 

 Alcyonarians and Actinians ; while Corals, calcareous and silicious 

 Sponges, Hydroidea, Nemerteans, all the orders of Echinoderms, 

 Annelids, Compound Ascidians, Nudibranchiata and other Mol- 

 luscan orders are found in great abundance. In fact we are only 

 beginning to know the richness of the fauna. For instance, last 

 year, just about this time, we discovered a place where a species of 



