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Localities, etc. — " Pieter Faure," No. 12482. Eed-topped hill west of 
Unitwaluiiii, N. by W. 2 miles. Depth, 25 fathoms. Collected by dredge. 
Nature of bottom, broken shells. 
" Pieter Faure," No. 13461. Sandy Point, N.E. by N. 6^ miles. Depth, 
51 fathoms. Collected by dredge. Nature of bottom, broken shells and 
stones. Date of collection, August 14, 1901. 
"Pieter Faure," Nos. 10862 and 10867. Umhloti Eiver mouth, N. by W. 
I W. 8^ miles. Depth, 40 fathoms. Collected by large dredge. Nature 
of bottom, sand and shells. Date of collection, December 18, 1900. 
"Pieter Faure," Nos. 13054 and 13054b. Hood Point Lighthouse, 
N. by W. } W. 11^ miles. Depth, 49 fathoms. Collected by dredge. 
Nature of bottom, broken shells. Date of collection, July 15, 1901. 
"Pieter Faure," No. 10880. Umhloti Eiver mouth, N. by W. 
\ W. 8| miles. Depth, 40 fathoms. Collected by large dredge. Nature 
of ])ottom, sand and shells. Date of collection, December 18, 1900. 
"Pieter Faure," No. 8522. About 25 miles east of East London. Lat. 
32° 48' 30" S. ; long. 28° 11' 15" E. Depth, 22 fathoms. Collected by 
shrimp trawl. Nature of bottom, mud. Date of collection, January 11, 
1899. 
From " Pieter Faure," 795c. About '2\ miles S.E. of East London. 
Depth, 32 fathoms. Collected by dredge. Nature of bottom, sand, shells 
and rocks. Date of collection, December 28, 1898. 
In conclusion, I would express my indebtedness to Miss A. Dixon, of 
Manchester University, who saved me much time and drudgery by making 
a number of preparations of spicules, and to Prof. S. J. Hickson, F.E.S., 
who lent me some of the literature. In regard to the literature, in order to 
reduce the letterpress I have not added a bibliography of all the papers 
consulted, but reference may be made to the list at the end of Prof. 
Kiikenthars memoir on the Alcyonacea collected during the " Yaldiva " 
Expedition, and to the following papers dealing more especially with South 
African Alcyonacea : 
Hickson, S. J. (1900). ' The Alcyonaria and Hydrocorallinae of the 
Cape of Good Hope,' Part I, "Marine Investigations in South Africa," vol. i, 
No. 5 (Cape Town, 1904). 
Hickson, S. J. (1904). 'The Alcyonaria of the Cape of Good Hope,' 
Part II, " Marine Investigations in South Africa," vol. iii (Cape Town). 
Thomson, J. Stuart (1910). " The Alcyonaria of the Cape of Good Hope 
and Natal: Alcyonacea," 'Trans. Eoy. Soc. Edin.,' vol. xlvii, pt. 3, No. 19. 
