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A Protandric Hermaphrodite. 
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forupon showing Dr. Danielssen, the Director of the Museum, the 
bottle, and asking him if he, by any chance, knew the history of 
that bottle and the ovum contained in it, or how it had arrived in 
the Museum, he was fortunately able to tell it; he knew the hand- 
writing on the labels; it was that of his late son, who had ac- 
companied him on a zoological excursion in the summer of 1857; 
then they had also dredged near Molde; he could not, however, 
exactly remember the ovum, or how it was obtained. Dr. 
Danielssen thought that the ovum must have been obtained there, 
during their dredging operations, and put away in this bottle in 
ignorance of what an interesting object it re^ally was, and that they 
had thought nothing more of it. It is therefore highly probable that 
this ovum was really dredged near Molde in the summer of 1857, 
and Dr. Danielssen is, thus, so far as we know, the only naturalist 
who has, hitherto, been fortunate enough to find a deposited ovum 
of Myxine by dredging. 
As regards the development of Myxine, this paper contains, 
consequently, no information ; but still there are so many interesting 
questions connected with its sexual organs, that they alone supply 
material enough for a special memoir if thoroughly investigated. 
In this paper, I hope to be able to add a little to our knowledge 
in respect of these. 
I would here express my sincere thanks to my friend Mr. Wilson 
of Bergen, who has promised to revise my English and correct the 
printers proofs of this paper, which will be printed after my de- 
parture for Greenland on the expedition I have referred to. 
