1882.] 9 ' [Annual Meeting. 



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This is the second step in advance which the Winter Labora- 

 tory has made, the first having been the agreement with the 

 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and it now seems to give 

 promise of becoming a permanent addition to our means of 

 public usefulness. 



Annisquam Laboratory. 



The rise and progress of this new depaiiment was briefly given 

 in last year's annual report under the general title of " Labora- 

 tory" p. 185, .Report of 1881. The following extracts from 

 our first circular will however explain more fully the history of 

 this movement. 



"NEW SEA-SIDE LABORATOKY." 



" The liberality and cooperation of the Woman's Education Association 

 enable the Boston Society of Natural History to announce that a Sea-side 

 Laboratory, under the direction of the Curator and capable of accomodat- 

 ing a limited number of students, will be open at Annisquam, Mass., from 

 June 5th to Sept. 15th. 



" Annisquam is situated on an inlet of Ipswich Bay, on the north side o 

 Cape Ann, and is about three and a half miles by coach from the Eastern 

 Bailro'id Company's station in Gloucester. 



" The purpose of this Laboratory is to afford opportun'ties for the study 

 and observation of the development, anatomy and habits of common types 

 of marine animals under suitable direction and advice. There will there- 

 fore be no attempt, during the coming summer, to give an/ stated course 

 of instruction or lectures. 



" It is believed that such a Laboratory will meet the wants of a number 

 of students, teachers and others who have already made a beginning in the 

 study of Natural History. Those who have had some limited experience 

 in a laboratory, or who have attended the practical lessons given by the 

 Teachers' School of Science of the Boston Society of Natural History, 

 are sufficiently qualified to make use of this opportunity. 



" The work in the Laboratory will be under the immediate care of Mr. B. 

 H. Van Vleck, Assistant in the Museum and Laboratory of the Boston 

 Society of Natural History, a thoroughly competent instructor, and one 

 who has also had long experience in collecting and observing at the sea- 

 side." 



When the summer opened we expected to have a dozen students, 

 principally teachers in the public schools of Boston, whereas we 



