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Passing however to the more practical part of the question, Filey has 
long been famous for fish and other edible products of the sea ; a list of 
those observed by the author accompanies this paper. 
Its mussel-bed is one of the most extensive in England ; other molluscs 
are however somewhat rare. But a three days' excursion by sea to the 
Dogger Bank, distant some miles from Filey, will afford a fine harvest to 
those who are prepared to brave the discomforts of an open fishing-boat 
for that period, and are interested in that branch of Zoology. 
The Marine Botany of Filey has long been famous, but the subject having 
been thoroughly worked out by competent authorities the author did not 
turn his attention to it. 
Geologically, the place is of very great interest, for in the immediate 
neighbourhood of the town, i. e. for about six miles on either side, the 
whole geological series, from the Chalk to the Inferior Oolite, may be 
studied, and fossils may be obtained in great abundance. At Speeton, 
about four miles from Filey, occurs the famous bed of Speeton Ciay, 
correlated with the Gault, from which so many interesting and rare fossils 
have been procured. They do not now occur so plentifully as formerly, and 
are difficult to get out of the matrix in perfect condition from its friable state. 
North of the town, at about the same distance as Speeton, is the 
so-called "Plant Bed," a black shaly sort of rock, of the same age as the 
Great Oolite. This can only be approached at low spring-tide, but the 
specimens obtained amply repay the trouble and fatigue undergone in 
procuring them. Another of the attractions of Filey, both to the naturalist 
and the sportsman, is the number and comparative rarity, as species, of the 
sea-birds frequenting the coast. The author's visit being made in summer, 
at which time but few comparatively are to be seen, he was unable to 
study this branch of the natural history of the district so fully as he could 
wish. 
Appendix of Species found at Filey. 
Crustacea. 
Eurynome aspera. 
Perimela denticulata. 
Homarus vulgaris. 
Crangon vulgaris. 
Crangon sculptus. 
Paloemon senatus. 
Mysis chameleon. 
Ligia oceanica. 
Carcinus moenas. 
Portunus puber. 
Maia squinado. 
Cancer pagurus. 
Pagurus bernhardus. 
Galathea strigosa. 
Orchestia littorea. 
Tolitrus saltator. 
