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THE SEAS' .
'
-
tion of a'series of marine stations in the majority of the
civilised countries, the work of which has been of the highest
importance and promises, in the.future, to be even more
important.
Expediüons are still necessary, we have still
a very great deal to learn about the great oceans, but in
the future they will extend and supplement the work of
the shore stations rather than, as in the past, be an end
in themselves.
—
_
Among the rst and certainly the most famous of these
stations was that founded at Naples in 1872 by a
able German zoologist named Anton Dohrn.
From the
Italian government be obtained a grant of land situated
in the Villa Nazionale, a beautiful park lying between the -
town and the Sea, where, with money fromthe German
government
and from scientic societies in different parts
of the world, but very largely from his own private fortune,
he built the famous Stazione Zoologica (Plate 5).
Since
twice extended, this now consists of ,three handsome
at-roofed buildings of white stone surrounded by évergreen
oaks, palms, cacti and other samples of the beautiful
Mediterranean ora and commanding fromits upper win—
dows a ne
of the wonderful panorama of the Bay of
_
Naples. All tourists to Naples will know it, for on the ground
oor is
situated the far-famed Aquarium, one “of the recog'
nized Î ‘
sights
”
of the city where as nowhere else the visitor
can see sornething of the wonderful
fauna
of the Bay of Naples.
The water which circulates through
the aquarium tanks,
and also the research laboratories on
the upper floors, is pumped up from the Bay, and allowed
to stand in huge storage tanks until the sediment‘ has settled
to the bottom_when the clear water above is dravm oñ.
Soientists of all nationalities work here, “ tables,“ of
which England has three, being rented by the year by
scientic institutions in dierent countries who have the
THE SEAS' .
'
-
tion of a'series of marine stations in the majority of the
civilised countries, the work of which has been of the highest
importance and promises, in the.future, to be even more
important.
Expediüons are still necessary, we have still
a very great deal to learn about the great oceans, but in
the future they will extend and supplement the work of
the shore stations rather than, as in the past, be an end
in themselves.
—
_
Among the rst and certainly the most famous of these
stations was that founded at Naples in 1872 by a
able German zoologist named Anton Dohrn.
From the
Italian government be obtained a grant of land situated
in the Villa Nazionale, a beautiful park lying between the -
town and the Sea, where, with money fromthe German
government
and from scientic societies in different parts
of the world, but very largely from his own private fortune,
he built the famous Stazione Zoologica (Plate 5).
Since
twice extended, this now consists of ,three handsome
at-roofed buildings of white stone surrounded by évergreen
oaks, palms, cacti and other samples of the beautiful
Mediterranean ora and commanding fromits upper win—
dows a ne
of the wonderful panorama of the Bay of
_
Naples. All tourists to Naples will know it, for on the ground
oor is
situated the far-famed Aquarium, one “of the recog'
nized Î ‘
sights
”
of the city where as nowhere else the visitor
can see sornething of the wonderful
fauna
of the Bay of Naples.
The water which circulates through
the aquarium tanks,
and also the research laboratories on
the upper floors, is pumped up from the Bay, and allowed
to stand in huge storage tanks until the sediment‘ has settled
to the bottom_when the clear water above is dravm oñ.
Soientists of all nationalities work here, “ tables,“ of
which England has three, being rented by the year by
scientic institutions in dierent countries who have the