‘*ARGO’’ CRUISE TO NORWAY IN 1891. fa) 
on deck, which was found most convenient, and which I 
strongly recommend to those wishing to do any biological 
work at sea. When shut up it forms a shallow closed-in 
box measuring 2 ft. by 2 ft. by 4 in., which contains a 
travelling microscope, a couple of small dissecting trays, 
some pipettes and tubes, the ordinary mounting re-agents 
and dissecting instruments, &c., and can be conveniently 
carried like a hand bag by a handle on one side. When 
the legs are spread out and the lid folded back it is a steady 
table, with a raised edge all round Gnost important at sea 
to ‘prevent things rolling off), and compartments for 
bottles, microscope, note-book, and so on. ‘Two of these 
compartments are fitted to receive large collecting bottles, 
and there are corresponding holes in the lid above them, 
so that a tow-net gathering just taken, or any animals in 
a jar under observation, may be conveniently and safely 
left standing for a time in the table with the lid closed. 
It is never safe at sea to lay a collecting bottle down any- 
where except in a receptacle which cannot be upset by a 
sudden roll of the ship. Figure 1 on plate VII shows this 
deck table opened out for work, while figure 2 represents 
it folded together for carrying. 
The “Argo” left the Mersey about 3 a.m. on June 28th 
and reached the Kors Fjord, Norway, on the afternoon of 
July lst. No dredging was done on the way; but on the 
afternoon of June 29th, when passing Applecross Bay, 
Scotland, although going at full speed it was noticed that 
the smooth surface of the sea had in places an appearance 
like the splashing of very fine rain, so the ship was 
stopped and a tow-net gathering taken. The net was 
found to contain a number of very large specimens of the 
Copepod Calanus fuvmarchicus, Gunner, along with a few 
of Dias longiremas, Lillj., and of Psewdocalanus elongatus, 
Boeck. The Calanit although not so brightly coloured as 
