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drawn, the first place at which it would leave the edge would be in the 
great bend of the coast opposite New York, and the water there 
would be too cold for the fish to live in, The consequence would be 
that those fish that had found their way farther east, as well as those 
upon their ground, would be subject to conditions which would bring 
about the result accomplished ; namely, their wholesale destruction. 
The “Grampus” went out to the above named region off Martha’s 
Vineyard, and, finding by the temperature observations that this 
warm area has been very much increased, the trawl lines were set and 
the fish caught. 
It is now the intention of the commissioner to follow up the success 
by mapping out the warm area to the southwest, setting trawls to 
determine the relative abundance of the fish, and to put the informa- 
tion in proper shape to be utilized by the fishermen. 
—A NEW monthly journal devoted to natural science has appeared 
in England, and is published by MacMillan & Co. It is supported by 
several of the younger English scientists, and is ably conducted. It is 
a valuable addition to our current scientific literature, especially as it 
furnishes a full opportunity of discussion for naturalists of Neola- 
markian proclivities, which has not been hitherto obtainable in the 
pages of the older journal, Nature. We observe a tendency to rather 
undiscriminating criticism in its editorial notes, but this is better than 
the suppression and mutilation of articles which has characterized its 
predecessor in the same field. 
—TuHE Marine Biological Laboratory at Wood Holl has just com- 
pleted its most successful season. It has had a corps of 17 officers, 
instructors and assistants, and an attendance of 38 investigators and 62 
elementary students ; or total of 117. 
Among the recent promotions at the Johns Hopkins University are 
the following: Dr. E. A. Andrews, associate professor of biology ; Dr. 
William B. Clark, associate professor of geology; George P. Dreyer, 
associate in biology ; George H. F. Nuttall, associate in bacteriology 
and hygiene. 
Recent appointments at Harvard University: William Henry 
Howell, associate professor of physiology; Henry Parker Quincy, 
instructor in histology; Franklin Dexter, demonstrator of histology ; 
Henry Jackson, demonstrator of bacteriology ; Daniel Denison Slade, 
lecturer on comparative osteology; William Francis Ganong, instruc- 
