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v, keep in spirit any abnormal individuals, or any so small 
that examination cannot well be made on board, to 
be forwarded to laboratory at Liverpool, 
w, examine the surface and bottom tow-net gatherings, 
put aside before (k, & m,) note any prevalent organ- 
isms, strain off the water, and preserve the material 
left in a small bottle (labelled with date and station), 
to be forwarded to Liverpool for detailed examination. 
With further experience of the work it may be found 
necessary in the future to add some further observations, 
directed towards the elucidation of special points, but in 
the mean time it seems to me that the above mode of pro- 
cedure if systematically and carefully carried out will 
give us much valuable information of the kind we want. 
And it should be borne in mind that 77s only after such 
a serves of exact observations have been taken for a year or 
two that we can hope to speak with any scientific accuracy 
of such things as“ spawning beds,” “nurseries,” “ feeding 
grounds,” and the lke. 
APPENDIX B. 
First List oF THE FISHES OF THE DISTRICT.* 
Labraz lupus, Bass. 
Mullus barbatus, Red Mullet. 
Pagellus centrodontus, Sea Bream. 
Sebastes norvegicus, Norway Haddock. 
Cottus scorpius, Sea scorpion, Bullhead. 
C. bubalis, Father Lasher, Bullhead. 
Trigla cuculus, Rea gurnard. 
T. hirundo, Sapphirine gurnard. 
T. gurnardus, Gray gurnard. 
* From the Solway to the North Coast of Wales, and including the Isle _ 
of Man. Purely freshwater species not included. Drawn up by Mr. Corbin. 
