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bound, we were about straight for Tromso, or somewhere about 

 150 miles out of our course ! Fulmars still seen every now and 

 then, also Kittiwakes and Guillemots (? Briinnich's or Common) 

 occasionally. In the afternoon saw some small dark Petrels 

 (perhaps Fork-tailed Petrels, Thalassidroma Leachii?). We saw 

 a splendid mirage in the evening ; two vessels on the horizon 

 were reproduced, inverted, in the sky ; of one, which was hull 

 down, the reflection was continuous with the top of the masts, and 

 slightly distorted ; of the other, whose hull was clear of the 

 horizon, the reflection was separated by a short interval from the 

 trucks, and was almost a perfect reproduction of the original : both 

 reflections were a good deal larger than the originals. The sun set 

 straight for the first time since leaving the European continent. 



August 7th. Anchored off the North Cape about 0.15 a.m.. 

 the gale continuing in full force. Ashore the wild flowers were 

 beautiful, and — after Spitzbergen — appeared to be in great pro- 

 fusion. In a small pool of water, close down to the sea, I caught 

 some fresh-water shrimps, which I brought home in alcohol, 

 We reached Hammerfest in the afternoon, and after a stay of three 

 hours continued southwards. 



August 8th. We arrived at Tromso, and the next day I went 

 ashore, leaving my fellow-passengers on board the 'Pallas' to 

 continue the voyage back to Trondhjem and Bergen. 



(To be continued.) 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS ON BRITISH 

 STALK-EYED CRUSTACEA. 



By John T. Carrington, F.L.S., and Edward Lovett. 



(Continued from p. 263.) 



Pagurid.e. 



This family is without doubt the most singular as well as the 

 most interesting, especially when considered in relation to other 

 forms, of the whole of the Stalk-eyed Crustacea; the remarkable 

 alulomen, an almost simple membranous sac, would seem to 

 favour the idea that the true position of the Anomoura, of which 

 this family are the characteristic forms, is really at the foot of the 



