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Aug. 5th. One spotted star-fish and two or three pycnogons were the only 

 of the dredge. No birds were reported ; very windy and mild weather. 



Aug. 6th. The dredge yielded the richest catch \ve have had for some considerable 

 time gasteropods, pycnogons, polychaetes, several largo ncmerteans, seven or eight 

 star-fish, a holothurian, three sponges, besides a quantity of sea- weed wilh attached 

 bryozoa and sertularians on it, and also containing sonic amphipods and large ncmerteans. 



A black-backed gull and snowy petrels are the only birds reported to have been seen, 

 probably owing to the wet and misty weather. ]\Iossnian and Smith saw a young 

 Weddell seal in Jessie Bay. 



Aug. 7th. A cephalopod, with two parasites ad ached, a few pycnogons, a cushion-star, 

 with young adhering to it, and another star-fish comprised the contents of the dredge. 



Snowy petrels and a paddy have been seen. 



Aug. 8th. Only one large uemertean and three pycnogous were caught in the dredge. 

 Several black-throated penguins were seen going to Jessie Bay. The temperature 

 of two of these birds was taken, and in each case it was 106. Several snowy petrels, 

 one shag and a black-backed gull were also seen. Snowy petrels were also heard amongst 

 the cliffs at 9 P.M. No paddies. 



Aug. 9th. -Four penguins (adelia) were caught to-day, whilst two escaped from the 

 clutches of the leader and the botanist. 



Aug. Wth. Two star-fish and six pycnogons were caught in the dredge. Thirteen 

 fish and amphipods were the contents of No. 1 trap, which was shifted to another hole, 

 depth 54 fathoms. All the fish were of the ordinary Notothenia kind. Average weight 

 14^ ozs., average length 12 ins. Seven were females, five males and two of them of 

 undetermined sex. One of the males had its reproductive organs in a very advanced 

 condition. Eight had five first dorsal fin rays, five had four and one had six. Many 

 amphipods were brought from the traps and preserved. Two penguins were caught 

 to-day. Snowy petrels and one paddy were seen. Stabbed a young male Weddell seal 

 off Point Davis ; skin very prettily marked, 



Aug. llth. Several pycnogons, one pale yellow star-fish, two bright red crustacean-. 

 much weed with a considerable number of animals attached to it, bryozoa, etc., were the 

 contents of the dredge. A worm, probably a large nemertean, was found on the seal's 

 skeleton, rather damaged. One paddy, several snowy petrels, two nellies and two black- 

 backed gulls were the birds seen to-day. 



Aug. 12//J. No dredging or trapping to-day; every sailor Im-v landing stores. 

 About six black-backed gulls, one flock of shags, two or three nellies and several snowy 

 petrels were seen. 



Aug. l'3fh. The dredge contained three pycnogons and one cushion-star; a small 

 trap in 1:5 fathoms near ihe ship, which has been down a week, was lifted to-day and 

 contained two biickies. one yellow star-fish, a large brnun star-li-h (the largest of its kind 

 we have got yet), six isopodfl, and 229 crimson cushion-stars, as well as six fish (totalling 

 5 Ibs. 3 ozs.), of which the largest, a female, was 2 Ibs. 9 ozs., 1 7 ins. long. Several black- 



