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in the list weighed 4 lb. 10 oz., and was secured by Mr. Perry at 
Penzance. A Skate weighing 166 lb. is placed to the credit of Mr. 
Falcon at Ballycotton. <A ‘single gut hook” used by Mr. Dalton at 
Eastbourne proved the destruction of a Turbot weighing 10 lb. 8 oz. 
An immense Whiting, weighing 5 lb., was caught by Mr. Nicoll at 
Penzance. The largest Wrasse was one of 4 lb. 44 0z. taken at 
Weymouth by Mr. Russell. It must be remembered that the above 
were rod-caught specimens; in several instances bigger fish have 
been taken by anglers using hand-lines. 
An Official Guide has been appointed by the Trustees of the 
British Museum (Natural History) to conduct parties of visitors round 
the Collections. No charge is made for his services, and no gratuities 
are to be offered. The Guide starts from the entrance of the Gallery 
to be visited at 11.30 a.m. and 3 p.m. daily, except on Sundays. Hach - 
tour lasts about an hour, and the Museum is divided into sections, 
which are taken respectively at the times mentioned below :— 



Mornines, 11.30 a.m. | AFTERNOONS, 3 p.m. 
| | 
Upper Mammal Gallery. | Lower Mammal Gallery 






MONDAY Toes --2- | Botanical Gallery. and Corridors. (Carni- 
| vora, Ungulates, &c.) 
Reptile Gallery. | Bird Gallery. 
PUT SIDAY) sees Fish Gallery. West Pavilion. (British 
| | Starfish Gallery. Vertebrates.) 
| Whale Gallery. | Fossil Mammal Gallery. 
WEDNESDAY ..... | Shell and Insect Gallery. | East Pavilion. (Fossil 
| Coral Gallery. Birds, &c.) 
| Fossil Reptile Gallery. | Central Hall. 
T Special Palwontological | North Hall. (Domesti- 
snsaaaiy eset ot and Stratigraphical Col- cated Animals, &c.) 
jections. 
EF ( | Galleries of Fossil Fishes, Mineral Gallery. 
BIBDESE “coanoco 202 it Invertebrates, & Plants. | Meteorites. 
DATURDAY, seeesee-. General Tour—Zoology. General Tour—Geology, 
Minerals, and Botany. 

