THE ANNALS AND MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTOKY. [FIFTH SERIES.] No. 72. DECEMBER 1883. XLII. — Remarks on an Essay by Prof. O. Lindstrom, entitled "Contributions to the Actinology of the Atlantic Ocean" and a Reply to some of his Criticisms. By Prof. P. MARTIN Duncan, F.R.S., V.P.G.S., &c. In 1876 Prof. Lindstrom communicated his essay * on the actinology of the Atlantic Ocean to the Royal Swedish Aca-demy. It contained descriptions of corals which had been dredged up from off the Josephine Bank and the sea-floor near the Azores, Virgin Islands, Salt Island, and Anguilla. The depths varied from 109 to 980 fathoms. After reading the essay carefully and comparing Prof. Lindstrom 's statements with those of his predecessors in the same kind of research, I found that he differed from every-body in opinion, and often in matters of fact. I have hitherto carefully avoided disputation in scientific matters, and I felt no disposition to reply to Prof. Lindstrom, especially as I was aware how erroneous many of his statements were. I hoped that time would bring some remarks from him after M. de Pourtales and Prof. H. N. Moseley, F.R.S., had contravened some of his assertions. But lately having been engaged in a * Kongl. Svenska Yetenskaps-Akad. Handl. Bd. xiv. no. 6, published in 1877. Ann. & Mag. N. Hist Ser. 5. Vol. xii. 27
XLII.—Remarks on an essay by Prof. G. Lindström, entitled "Contributions to the actinology of the Atlantic Ocean," and a reply to some of his criticisms
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