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English Pilot ’ ( c . 1716*), lent to me by Mr. E. R. Cross, is a 
map, which shows a pier or jetty in Filey Bay, but this is 
not on the Brig, but well to the wost of Carr Naze, in the 
position of the old Key Rocks, already referred to. As a 
similar one occurs at Flamborough, another at Bridlington, 
it may be that this merely indicates a wood structure ; in 
any case it .is clearly not the Spittal. 
On page 15 of this work are two references to Filey : 
‘ Without the Head of Filey lies a rock under water, called 
Filey Bridge, or Krake, between it and the Peer you may lie 
afloat in 5 fathoms at low -water/ ‘ Four leagues to the west- 
ward of Flamborough Head lies Filey, in a round Bay to the 
southward of a Point : it has a Peer behind which you may 
ride/ — T.S. 
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We understand that London is to have the finest Aquarium in Europe. 
It is to be in the Zoological Society’s Gardens, will cost £50,000, and 
about half this amount will be raised by selling the Society’s property 
in Hanover Square. It is estimated that if a third of the Zoo’s visitors 
pay sixpence for admission to the Aquarium, ^10,000 a year will be 
obtained. 
According to the Daily Mail, at the recent meeting of the Museums 
Association, ‘ Mr. E. Howarth explained that the old pictures were 
usually protected by a coat of varnish . After a certain period this varnish 
became discoloured, and it was necessary to remove the old varnish 
and apply a fresh coat. In the case of one picture by Constable, in the 
Sheffield collection, the painting had been thickly coated by varnish 
which went dark and began to crack. He removed the varnish by placing 
above the canvas a sheet of partly glazed brown paper and ironing it 
with an ordinary 4-lb. iron.’ We don’t think Mr. Howarth made any 
such statement, and we certainly do not recommend anybody to iron 
‘ old masters.’ 
The Court of the University of Leeds has approved the recommendation 
that the honorary degree of Doctor of Science should be conferred upon 
the following : — Dr. C. G. Joh. Petersen, Director of the Danish Biological 
Station, Copenhagen ; Professor P. Langevin, Professor of Physics, 
College de France, Paris ; Professor P. Weiss, Director of the Institut de 
Physique, University of Strasbourg ; Mr. L. de Broglie, Institut d’Op- 
tique, Paris ; Dr. A. F. Holleman, Professor of Organic Chemistry, 
University of Amsterdam ; Professor W. C. Brogger, K. Fredericks 
Universitat, Christiania. The Vice-Chancellor (Sir Michael E. Sadler) 
explained that these were six eminent men of science from abroad who 
would attend the meeting of the British Association at Hull in September 
next, and in conferring degrees upon them the University would be 
following the precedent set on the occasion of the last meeting of the 
British Association in Yorkshire. It was further agreed that discretion 
should be given to the Chancellor to add to the list in exceptional circ- 
umstances, it being realised that some other eminent men of science 
from abroad might come to the British Association meeting without the 
present knowledge of the University. It is proposed to confer the degrees 
in the University of Leeds, possibly in the library of the Medical School, 
on Wednesday, September 13th. 
* See * List of Papers, Maps, etc., relating to the Erosion of the 
Holderness Coast and to changes in the Humber Estuary,’ by T. 
Sheppard {Trans. Hull Geol. Soc., Vol. VI., p. 52). 
Naturalist 
