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placed in a tank and remained alive till after the place 

 was dismantled. When the workmen arrived the tank 

 containing the Lobster was transferred to the boat-house, 

 formerly used by the Customs officials and now by 

 the bailiffs as a storeroom and workshop. Later on in 

 the spring another ' berried ' Lobster was found by Mr. 

 Wright, and placed in a second tank alongside the other. 

 The Lobsters remained alive till well on in the summer, 

 when one accidentally died, and the other was then placed 

 in our wooden ' Lobster tank ' on the shore. On being 

 examined there from time to time, it was found that the 

 ■ berries ' were gradually disappearing from the swim- 

 merets, and eventually they had all gone. Probably the 

 embryos hatched out and passed away into the open 

 channel. With the better accommodation we now have, 

 and the more suitable appliances in our new tank-room, 

 it is expected that successful hatching of Lobsters will 

 fall to be recorded in due course. It is so far satisfactory 

 to find berried Lobsters in our own immediate neighbour- 

 hood, and the frequent occurrence of young ones, ranging 

 from four inches upwards, points out the probable close 

 proximity of a small Lobster rearing ground somewhere 

 in the channel, which future investigations may yet bring 

 to light. The Lobster tank on the shore still continues 

 to prove satisfactory, notwithstanding frequent silting up, 

 and several of the Lobsters have cast their shells during 

 the past year. 



" The Mussel Bouchot so far has not fulfilled our 

 expectations, and this is probably due in large measure to 

 the strong tides which sweep over the ground in its neigh- 

 bourhood, so that very few of the original Mussels now 

 remain upon it. In the spring of the past year a consider- 

 able number of young Mussels were observed amongst the 

 material composing the Bouchot, and on several occasions 



