MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION AT PORT ERIN. 43 



years ; and tlie students who participated in the excur- 

 sions to the caves near the Sugar Loaf Rock and other 

 collecting grounds in the neighbourhood of Port Erin 

 (see fig. 5 for the appearance of such a party), arranged 

 and led by Professor Herdrnan, Professor R. J. Harvey 

 Gibson, Professor Cole, Mr. Laurie, Dr. Dakin, Dr. 

 Tattersall and Mr. W. A. Gunn, found ample material 

 with which to occupy the hours spent in the laboratory. 



Fig. 5. A party of Students on a collecting expedition listening 

 to a demonstration by the Professor. 



[Photo by Dr. W. J. Dakin. 



" Evening lectures were given by Professor Cole, 



Professor Herdrnan, Professor Moore, Dr. Dakin and the 



Curator; but this excellent feature of the vacation work 



is susceptible of still further development in the future. 



