Report on the scientific results of the voyage of "Scotia" during the years 1902, 1903 and 1904, under the leadership of William SBruce . PART LIFE ON GOUGH ISLAND. SCOTTISH NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. ON MICROSCOPIC LIFE ON GOUGHISLAND, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN. BY JAMES MURRAY. Scotia Collections.—Note on Microscopic Life on Gough Island, South AtlanticOcean. By James Murray. Communicated by WILLIAM EVANS, (Read November 25, 1907.) By favour of Dr WILLIAM S. BRUCE and Mr R. N. RUDMOSE BROWN, I was allowedto examine a small tuft of moss from Gough Islan
Report on the scientific results of the voyage of "Scotia" during the years 1902, 1903 and 1904, under the leadership of William SBruce . PART LIFE ON GOUGH ISLAND. SCOTTISH NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. ON MICROSCOPIC LIFE ON GOUGHISLAND, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN. BY JAMES MURRAY. Scotia Collections.—Note on Microscopic Life on Gough Island, South AtlanticOcean. By James Murray. Communicated by WILLIAM EVANS, (Read November 25, 1907.) By favour of Dr WILLIAM S. BRUCE and Mr R. N. RUDMOSE BROWN, I was allowedto examine a small tuft of moss from Gough Island, or Diego Alvarez. The materialwas collected by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition when the Scotia visitedthe island in April 1904. Mr BROWN (1) speaks of the luxuriant vegetation of the island, which is clothed ingreen from the waters edge almost to the summit, of the moss-clothed cliffs andluxuriantly growing ferns and flowers (2), suggesting a paradise for the may be confidently affirmed that Gough Island will be found to have a rich micro-scopic fauna, as every land yet investigated, having a climate favoura
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