38 TRANSACTIONS LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



begins as a student may very soon get in some direction 

 or another to the confines of the known and join the ranks 

 of those who seek after truth in the fascinating field of 

 original research. But even those who do not aspire to 

 add to knowledge can re-discover for themselves what 

 others have found before and so enjoy a companionship 

 with some of the great minds of the past ; and to all — 

 students, teachers and investigators alike, in a practical 

 subject like Biology, is afforded the charm of dealing with 

 realities and of watching with appreciative eyes the 

 constant beauty of the fair face of Nature. 



Fatjnistic Work during the Year. 



In addition to frequent dredging from small boats in 

 Port Erin Bay, and the constant tow-netting carried on 

 by the Curator and his Assistant, we had a successful 

 expedition in the fisheries steamer " John Fell " at Easter 

 (on April 18th), and another in September — on both of 

 which occasions a good deal of material was collected, 

 which is now in the hands of specialists. The Easter 

 expedition yielded interesting specimens to the students 

 at the Port Erin Laboratory, and gave us some deep-water 

 additions to the Aquarium tanks. In the 'Curator's report 

 will be found a note on one of the hermit-crabs, with its 

 commensal anemone, found on that occasion. The 

 expedition on September 17th took jdace from Southport, 

 and was held in connection with the meeting of the British 

 Association, with the permission of the Sea-Eisheries 

 Committee. The dredging and trawling took place along 

 the coast of Lancashire, from the Southport and Liverpool 

 shrimping grounds, out to the neighbourhood of the 

 North- West Lightship. 



A parasitic worm, found in some abundance in the 

 stomach of conger eels on one of these expeditions, has 



