MAEINE BIOLOGICAL STATION AT PORT ERIN. 6iJ 



to Fleshwick Bay, to the Calf Sound and to Port St. Mary, a 

 long and varied coast-line with a number of small bays fur- 

 nishing good collecting grounds and shallow water dredging. 

 Two of these bays, Port Erin and Port St. Mary, have harbours 

 with sailing-boats and face in nearly opposite directions, so 

 that in most winds one or other is sheltered and has a quiet 



I. Plan of the D.M.B.C. District, with section aeroi i bhe [rish Sea, 

 through Douglas. 



sea for inshore work. The rich fauna around the Calf [aland 

 and off Spanish I (cad is within easy reach, while at a distance 

 of three to four miles from the Biological Station are depths of 

 20 to 30 fathoms and a1 I I miles, 60 to 80 lat hems (figs. 2 and 3). 



