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this measure 6 feet by 4 feet by 4 feet, while those on the 

 east and west walls are of the same depth and width, but 

 only 4 feet 8 inches in length. The fronts of all the tanks 

 are of 1 inch plate glass. Windows in the south wall 

 admit light into the three larger tanks and the two nearest 

 to them on the east and west walls, while the four remain- 

 ing ones are lighted from the roof, and are provided also 

 with artificial light for use when necessary. 



The Aquarium opens into the Laboratory and 

 Hatchery wings by side doors. The door near the 

 north-east cornor (fig. 10) affords access to the 

 ground floor of the east wing (L.M.B.C. Laboratories), 

 which is 30 feet long and nearly 26 feet wide. 

 Along the centre runs a passage 4 feet 6 inches wide, with 

 a fireplace at the further end. The space between this 

 passage and the north wall, the six windows of which 

 command picturesque views of Port Erin Bay and Bradda 

 Head, is divided into six workrooms, each of which 

 measures about 5 feet wide by 10 feet long. Each room is 

 furnished with a worktable fixed beneath the window, a 

 side bench with sink, and sea-water and fresh-water taps, 

 a drawer beneath the worktable, and ample shelving. The 

 worktables and side benches are made of Canary white- 

 wood, 1-Jin. in thickness. On the south side of the passage 

 proceeding from the Aquarium are (1) a room for the 

 storage of re-agents and glassware, (2) a dark room for 

 photography, and (3) the library and writing room, with 

 a small collection of standard works on Marine Biology. 

 A passage, 3 feet wide, leading to a door in the south wall, 

 divides the library from a small room provided with a 

 large sink, benches and shelving, in which the preliminary 

 examination and sorting of specimens obtained by shore 

 collecting and dredging can be carried on in addition to 

 the general work of the laboratory. 



