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others engaged in marine pursuits, who may have peculiar facilities for adding 
to the scientific interest of the Society’s proceedings ; such Associates to be in 
every case recommended by the council, and to have the same privileges as 
honorary members—their number to be limited to twenty-five.” This plan, 
there is little doubt, may be productive of much good, and it is hoped will be 
adopted by some other societies. It offers a stimulus to the intelligent ship- 
master, and tends to increase his self-respect, by showing that he is held in 
respect by those who appreciate his efforts to advance science and his own 
mental culture. 
Although it is hoped that in the course of time some tangible results 
may be obtained in several branches of science, the writer, being chiefly 
interested in the science of zoology, determined to make a beginning by 
causing to be prepared plain directions for the study and preservation of 
animals in all parts of the world. It being evident that, if we are to expect 
anything from the mercantile marine, its members should be definitely in- 
formed as to what we wish them to do, a committee of the Literary and Phi- 
losophical Society was appointed, at the writer’s suggestion, to draw up such 
plain directions as should not fail to be sufficient for the end in view. 
The preparation of such a paper was entrusted to Mr. T. J. Moore, curator 
of the Liverpool Free Public Museum, a gentleman well qualified for the 
task; and having received the sanction of the Committee, the paper was 
published as an Appendix to the ‘ Proceedings of the Literary and Philoso- 
phical Society’ for 1861-62. It is entitled, ‘‘ Suggestions offered on the part 
of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool to Members of the 
Mercantile Marine who may be desirous of using the advantages they enjoy 
for the promotion of Science, in furtherance of Zoology,” pp. 51. This 
pamphlet, containing full directions for the preparation of all kinds of animals, 
methods of study, and lists of text-books and useful apparatus, has been 
separately published by the Society, for distribution in quarters where it is 
likely to prove useful. It is desirable that such manuals for other sciences 
should be also carefully compiled, in order that every intelligent seaman may 
have scope to exercise his talents in whatever direction his own tastes may 
conduct him; and thus, there can be no doubt that a useful and valuable 
body of scientific information would be collected to aid the researches of men 
of science at home. 
It is much to be regretted that a united body of members of the mercan- 
tile marine, such as the Mercantile Marine Service Association of Liverpool, 
should not enter cordially into a scheme which they have themselves acknow- 
ledged to be one fraught with usefulness. Had the executive council of this 
Association shown an ordinary interest in its progress, still greater advances 
would already have to be recorded; but the writer is sorry to have to report 
that he has not met with that assistance and cooperation from that body 
which he felt entitled to look for. Although from the first invited to coope- 
rate in the plans proposed, no steps have been taken by them, beyond the 
tardy publication of some valuable suggestions urged upon them by one 
member of the council (since resigned) and one of the most intelligent mem- 
bers of the service. This lukewarmness of a body of men who, by their 
example, might be of the most material assistance is likely to retard, although 
not to destroy, the prospects of the scheme; and could the services of a small 
and active committee of influential gentlemen be secured, success must 
ultimately crown their efforts. 
There can be no doubt whatever that it is to the rising generation of. 
seamen that we must chiefly look for the fruits of any scheme of improved 
