MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION ON PUFFIN ISLAND. 11 
the very extensive repairs which would be necessary in 
order to render her safe in the strong winds and heavy 
seas which come upon us with very short warning in the 
neighbourhood of Puffin Island. So the executive of the 
committee after full consideration reluctantly decided that 
the ‘“‘Bonnie Doon”? must be condemned and sold for 
what she would bring. 
A new sailing boat to take her place at the island was 
now necessary, and a timely donation towards that pur- 
pose from Mrs. C. W. Jones encouraged the Treasurer to 
provide the amount required for the purchase of the 
‘Morning Star,” a second-hand, but almost new, 4 ton 
cutter, 21 ft. in length, which was in first rate condition 
and bore an excellent character at Beaumaris. She has 
been in constant use during the summer and autumn and 
has proved perfectly satisfactory. 
Unfortunately during the severe gales which com- 
menced on October 183th and continued for some time, 
the “‘ Morning Star,” like so many other small yachts 
in the neighbourhood, was sunk at her moorings, and 
had to be left at the bottom until the gales were over 
and boats and men could be got down from Bangor 
to raise her. After several attempts she was got up 
on November 24th, brought in to low water mark, 
bailed out, floated, and afterwards taken up to Beaumaris 
where she has been hauled up for the remainder of the 
winter. Fortunately her hull has received no damage, 
but several of her spars are broken or lost and the sails 
and rigging are destroyed and will have to be replaced in 
spring. To finish the record of the disasters to our boats, 
the old black rowing boat ‘‘ Ascidian’’ was smashed to 
pieces on the beach during one of the storms; and the 
small blue punt was, on another occasion, sunk between 
tide marks, but was afterwards recovered. She has 
