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readers to adopt the suggestions of Dr. Harvey, which are most 

 valuable : — 



"To preserve algae in a rough state it is only necessary to spread the specimens, 

 without any previous washing, and even without squeezing the natural moisture 

 from them, drying them in an airy situation, not exposed to too powerful a sun. 

 They must be thoroughly dried to prevent mouldiness or heating, and can then be 

 packed in paper bags, or loosely packed in boxes. Corallines, corals, and sponges, 

 require no trouble when once collected. It is merely necessary to dry them 

 roughly, and pack them amongst the dried seaweeds." 



For a list of the indigenous algae we refer to Dr. Mueller's second 

 report on the vegetation of the colony. 



Shells. — The collector should invariably obtain live shells ; for 

 then the colours are natural, and the specimen less likely to have 

 sustained injury. The animal may be preserved in spirits; or, if 

 the shell only is required, it may easily be destroyed with hot 

 water, and picked out. The shell may then be cleaned with a soft 

 brush and soap, and placed with its operculum in a box with cotton 

 wool, or if for the cabinet, in small cardboard trays. For collecting, 

 nothing is required but a coat with numerous pockets to contain a 

 quantity of small chip or tin boxes, a stiff knife, and, for the fresh - 

 water species, a small mesh hand-net. We have noticed the fol- 

 lowing in our rambles along the coast at Warrnambool: — Serpula, 

 Balanus (six miles up the Hopkin's Kiver), Anatifa, Avicula, Natica, 

 Haliotis, Trochus, Turbo, Phasianella, Fusus, Nassa, Sepia, Cerithium, 

 Paludina; in Pertobe Lagoon — Lymnaea, Physa, Unio, Truncatella; 

 and in the Merri Kiver — Planorbis, etc. etc. 



Vertebrata. — We know of nothing so good for the thorough 

 preservation of the skins of birds and the vertebrate animals in 

 general, as a weak solution of corrosive sublimate in spirits of 

 wine, as it effectually prevents insects or vermin from attacking the 

 specimens prepared with it; indeed, for the smaller specimens, it is 

 only necessary to take out the entrails and fill the body with tho 

 solution. After a few moments have elapsed, drain, and fill tho 

 cavity with cotton wool ("dipped in ether.") We have specimens 



