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interest in the progress of the work than the late Prof. George Busk, whose unselfish 

 devotion to zoology is another memorable example of the brotherhood of medicine and 

 natural history. The late Mr. Spence Bate, of Plymouth, Dr. Baird, of the British 

 Museum, Dr. W. B. Carpenter, Sir Wyville Thomson, Dr. Bowerbank, Dr. David 

 Robertson, of Cumbrae, Prof. Grube, of Breslau, Edouard Claparede, of Geneva, Dr. 

 Howden, of Montrose, Dr. Carrington, of Eccles, Mr. A. G. Moore, of Dublin, James 

 Duncan Matthews, of Aberdeen, and Profs. Dickie, Ogilvie, and Dyce, of the same place, 

 were of signal service in forwarding specimens. I have also to acknowledge similar and 

 valued aid from the late Prof. Allman, Canon Norman, Prof. Ray Lankester, Mr. Whiteaves, 

 of Canada, Ludwig von Graff, of Gratz, Mr. Brooking Rowe, Plymouth, Miss Florence 

 Buchanan, Prof. G. S. Brady, Prof. Percival Wright, Prof. Hoavcs, Sir John Murray, 

 Prof. Haddon, Dr. Scharff, Dublin, Mrs. Collings, late of Sark, Dr. E. P, Ramsay and Prof. 

 Haswell, of Sydney, Dr. John Anderson, late of Calcutta, Prof. Herdman, Mr. Beddard, 

 Dr. Sydney Harmer, Prof. Jeffrey Bell, Mr. J. T. Cunningham, Prof. Ewart, Mr. Shipley, 

 Mr. Parfitt, Exeter, Dr. Fulton and Mr. H. C. Williamson, of the staff of the Fishery 

 Board, Mr. Arnold Watson, Sheffield, Mr. Shrubsole, Sheerness-on-Sea, Mr. Sibert 

 Saunders, Whitstable, and Mr. Hornell, of Jersey. 



For assistance in other respects I have gratefully to remember Prof. Giarcl, of Paris, 

 Prof. Alex. Agassiz, A. E. Verrill, John Murdoch, J. Walter Fewkes, Prof. H. E. Webster, 

 Dr. H. P. Johnson, Miss M. Lewis, J. E. Benedict, Dr. T. H. Montgomery, of the United 

 States, Dr. J. P. Hill, of Sydney, Prof. A. G. Bourne, Madras, Prof. W. B. Benham, Otago, 

 Prof. Harvey Gibson, Liverpool, J. Jennings Hind, Mr. Garstang, Plymouth, Prof. Gilson, 

 of Louvain, the late Prof. Loven, Stockholm, the late Dr. A. J. Malmgren, Helsingfors, 

 Dr. Emil Marenzeller, Vienna, Prof. A. F. Marion, Marseilles, MM. Pruvot and Racovitza, 

 Prof. G. 0. Sars, Dr. Fridiof JSTansen, Christiania, Prof. Hjalmar Theel, Stockholm, Dr. A. 

 Wiren, Upsala, Prof. Hubrecht, Utrecht, Prof. Haeckel, Jena, Dr. W. Michaelsen, Hamburg, 

 Prof. C. 0. Minot, Boston, Prof. Playfair McMurrich, Michigan. Dr. Langerhans, Madeira, 

 Louis Roule and Baron Jules de Guerne, Paris, Baron de St. -Joseph, Prof, Paul Hallez, 

 Prof. Barrois and M. Malaquin, Lille, F. Mesnil, Paris, M. Caullery, Lyons, Pierre Fauvel, 

 Caen, Julian Fraipont, Prof. Julin, Liege, Jules Bonnier, E. Brumpt, Dr. Kiikenthal, 

 Jena, Prof. Ehlers, Gottingen, Prof. B. Hatschek, Dr. R. Greef, Dr. F. Yejdovsky, Praag, 

 Prof. Hensen, Kiel, Prof. K. Brandt, Dr. J. Reibisch, Th. Kuhlgatz, Dr. V. Hacker, 

 Freiburg, P. Tauber and G. M. R. Levinsen, Copenhagen, Dr. R, Horst, Leiden, Dr. G. A. 

 Hansen, Dr. C. Apstein, Kiel, Dr. Apellof, Bergen, Ivar Ardwidsson, Dr. C. Aurivillius, 

 Dr. D. Carazzi, Florence, Dr. S. Orlandi, Di\ C. J. Cori, A. Birula, St. Petersburg, Prof. 

 Mobius, Berlin, Prof. Kishinouye, U. Takura, S. Goto, S. Hatai, and A. Iizuka, Tokyo, 

 the late Prof. Moseley, Dr. Murie, Capt. Fielden, Dr. Marcus Gunn, the Duke of Argyll, 

 and the late Sir Walter Elliot, of Wolflee. My colleague, Prof. Lawson, kindly looked 

 over certain proof-sheets when they were delayed by an illness; Dr. A. T. Masterman 

 also gave me his valued aid at this time. I am also indebted to Prof. Wiltshire for his 

 careful revision and suwestions. 



Various Fishery officers in Scotland, especially Mr. Bain of Peterhead, Mr. Duthie of 

 Lerwick, Mr. Mair of Montrose, and Mr. Cooper, formerly of Aberdeen, have been of 

 much service in forwarding specimens used as bait or otherwise interesting 



