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meters long which is equipped with, plankton and dredging ap¬ 
paratus. 
The Sorhonne is unusually fortunate in having a second an¬ 
nex, the Arago Laboratory, which is situated on the side of a 
small hay at Banyuls-sur-mer, a small town on the Mediterra¬ 
nean coast only a short distance from the Spanish border. The 
three-storv building contains a large public aquarium, a ma¬ 
chine shop fully equipped for making the various kinds of ap¬ 
paratus needed, and a museum on the first floor. The second 
floor is devoted to laboratory rooms and a well equipped library, 
and the third chiefly to living rooms. A small building espe¬ 
cially for photographic work has been erected recently. Be¬ 
neath this building there is an underground chamber for ex¬ 
perimental work in total darkness. It is so arranged that the 
animal or animals experimented on can he removed from this 
chamber and quickly photographed. 
The station at Cette, founded by the late Professor Sabatier 
in 1879, is an annex of the University of Montpelier. The 
central portion of the large stone building is two stories high, 
with the aquarium and the museum on the first floor and large, 
well lighted laboratories on the second. The three-story end 
portions have not been entirely completed as yet. 
One of the most productive stations is that which was founded 
by the late Professor Giard at Wimereux on the Straits of Dover 
in 1874. In 1867 a laboratory was built at Arcachon by a local 
scientific society hut this station has since become affiliated with 
the University of Bordeaux. The marine station at Concar- 
neau is devoted largely to practical fish culture but one floor of 
the building is reserved for scientific researches. The station 
at Marseilles is concerned primarily with fish culture, also. 
There is also a small station at Villefranche-sur-mer under the 
direction of Dr. Barrois. 
The Bussian station at Villefranche-sur-mer was established 
more than twenty years ago. The small, rather shallow bay on 
which it is located possesses a rich pelagic as well as a rich 
shore fauna. Very deep tvater is found a short distance off the 
mouth of the hay, so that a good variety of collecting territory 
is within easy reach. These advantages together with the mild 
