THE JOURNAL 
OF 
THE LINNEAN SOCIETY. 
(ZOOLOGY.) 
Reports on the MARINE Bio.oey of the SuDANESE Rep Sua, from Collections 
made by Cyrin Crosstanp, M.A., B.Se., F.Z.8. Communicated, with 
an Introduction, by W. A. Herpman, D.Sc., F.R.S., President of the 
Linnean Society. 
I.—INTRODUCTION. 
By Prof. W. A. Herpman, F.R.S., P.L.S. 
Ty the summer of 1904 I was given the opportunity of selecting a Marine 
Biologist to investigate, under my general direction, the fauna and flora of 
the Sudan Coast of the Red Sea and the conditions under which they exist. 
The arrangement proposed and accepted was that the Naturalist appointed 
should receive my directions and advice before starting, should furnish me 
with frequent reports and send home collections as occasion offered, that the 
Liverpool Laboratory should be the home of the collections and headquarters 
of the expedition, that I should furnish such information and further directions 
from time to time as might be possible, and that finally we should publish a 
joint report upon the results at the conclusion of the investigation. 
From several well-qualified young Naturalists who applied, I was fortunate 
in being able to select Mr. Cyril Crossland, who had already had experience 
in collecting in tropical seas under Sir Charles Eliot at Zanzibar, and on his 
own expedition at the Cape Verde Islands. That Mr. Crossland has again 
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