MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION AT PORT ERIN. 



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wings two storeys in height, and has a frontage of 90 feet. 

 The stone of which it is built is of good quality, and was 

 quarried on the spot. The outside and principal partition 

 walls are 18 inches in thickness, and are everywhere lined 

 inside with a wainscotting of varnished pine wood, which 

 gives the interior of the building a light and pleasing 

 appearance. The entrance hall is situated in the middle 



Fig. 



7. Western end of Station showing Spawning Pond 

 and Hatchery entrance. 



of the centre block, and is 10 feet long by 6 feet wide. On 

 either side of it is a small but fairly lofty room, that on 

 the left being for the use of the Director and Committee, 

 while that on the right is the Curator's laboratory, and 

 has a door with enquiry window opening into it from the 

 hall. At the further end of the latter a wide double door, 



