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No. 2 trap, a total of fifty-two fish. Thirty-three were females, none with ripe ovaries. 

 Twelve male, four of which had their milt in a very ripe condition, and six of 

 undetermined sex. Average weight of the fish was 1 11>. 1 oz. Average length 12'4 

 ins. Twenty-seven had five first dorsal fin rays, twenty had four and five had three. 



Several cushion-stars and star-fish were caught in No. 2 trap. Two amphipods 

 were obtained by means of a small contrivance 1 manufactured by Brown and Gravill, 

 and fastened inside No. 1 trap. 



Two or three paddies and a white nelly were seen. 



July 12th. Stabbed a Wcddell seal near islet to the south of Point Davis, a very 

 large male with a splendidly marked skin. Saw several other seals lying on the ice, all 

 Weddells. Gulls, a nelly, snowy petrels and paddies seen. 



July 13th. Yesterday's seal was brought to the ship. It is 9^ ft. long. 



July 14th. Brown went out to No. 2 trap, and found thirty-eight fish in it, all 

 Notothenia. The average weight was 1 Ib. 3 ozs., average length 12 '9 ins. 26 

 females, 12 males. The reproductive organs of the females were not in an advanced 

 stage but several of the males were quite ripe. Twenty-three had four first dorsal fin 

 rays, eleven had five and four had three. 



Weather been very windy. Only paddies seen to-day and yesterday. 



July 15th. Took a haul of the dredge this morning; one sponge and a few 

 pycnogons. Paddies seen. Brown saw a snowy petrel. Mr Bruce saw a bird which 

 he thought was a skua, too far off to distinguish clearly. 



July 16th. The first haul of the dredge contained absolutely nothing; the second 

 one was better best catch in the dredge for this month. It comprised several 

 pycnogons, two isopods, chiton, a limpet, a chaetopod, a large ncmertean, a small 

 ophiuroid, two star-fish and several cushion-stars, four holothurians, two sponges, 

 several crustaceans and much weed with animals attached to it. Sixteen fish were 

 caught in No. 1 trap, eighteen in No. 2, besides two cushion-stars ; all ordinary 

 Notothenia. Average weight 1 Ib. 1^ ozs., average length 12'G ins. Seventeen were 

 female, ten male, seven undetermined. Only one male and one female had their 

 sexual organs in an advanced condition. Twenty had five first dorsal fin rays and 

 fourteen had four. Usual paddies about the ship. 



July 17th. Only two star-fish caught in the dredge. A nelly, a snowy petrel and 

 paddies seen. 



July 18th. A decent catch in the dredge, consisting of limpets, pycnogons, several 

 small crustaceans, a chaetopod, and a large uemertean, several cushion-stars and other 

 star-fish, besides the usual bryozoa and sertularians on sea-weed. Fifty fish were can-In 

 in No. 1 trap, and thirty-eight in No. 2, besides two cushion-stars. All fish of (lie 

 ordinary Notothenia type, except two of the green variety. The average \\eight of the 



1 This was a small cylindrical copper framework covered with No. 3 tow-net silk, with a concave funnel 

 opening at either end. The ends were removable to allow the catch to be taken out. Dimensions, 1 foot 

 by -1 or 5 inches. 

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