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haul of Invertebrates wlieu emptied on the deck. 

 Probably oiir most interesting capture with the dredge 

 was the Giant Sea-Pen {Funiculina quadrangvlaris, 

 which was recorded* as follows in a letter which was sent 

 to "Nature" from the " Runa " on July 11th:— 



" Marine Biologists may be interested to hear that 



Fig. 20. S. Y. " Runa " with the "Agassiz " dredge coming np at the stern. 



the bed, near Oban, of the largest British Peimatulid 

 Funiculina quadrnnfjularis, and the smaller Virf/ularia 

 mirahili.s described by Mr. W. P. IMarsliall and ilic late 

 Profes.sor Milnes Marshall, in 1881 or 188'J (1 have no 

 books of reference with nie), is still apparciiilv in very 

 flourishing condition. In a cou])le of liauls of tlie small 

 Agassiz trawl, from tliis yacht yesi('r(hi\-, hctwccii ilie 

 islands of Kerrera and Jjismore, at d('])ths of cigliteen 

 to twenty fathoms, I got about a dozen fine specimens of 



"Natuue." July 20th. litll. p. 77. 



