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four-feet vertical net was out catch nil. 



-il -_'s///, 40 os'S. i 50' E. Very few birds seen to-day, misty weather. Sooty 

 albatroscs. I)ni,ni'<lrii melanophrys and wandering albatroses, a few Wilson's petrels 

 and light-brownish-grey petrels were .seen. 



The Monagasque trawl was lowered down in LK545 fathoms, bottom red dav. 3 MM) 

 fathoms of wire rope paid out ; dynomometer registered a strain up to 5^ tons. When 

 hauled up, a big hole was found in the cod-end, so that the catch was nil zoologically ; 

 a little mud (red dav) was found on the trawl itself. 



April 29th, 3!) 4,s' S. - J 33' E. More birds about to-dav than voterdav : Booties 

 were scarce to-day while Diomedea melanophrys and Dnnn^li-n <;>-n/iiiix were plentiful, 

 especially the latter. Very few "No. 9 (tough Island" petrels, 1 many " Xo. 14."" and 

 three or four Mack " Xo. 1'2" petrels/ 1 one of which 1 shot, a few Wilson's petrels of 

 lioth kinds and some blue petrels or whale liirds. Shot three Dinin<'<l<'<i f.i-n/nnx. one 

 I)t<niH'<l<'K melanophrys, and one blac.k petrel, which is lugger than the one we saw on 

 the I'i'nd inst. at (iough Island. 



Trawled to-day with Monagasque trawl in 2G45 fathoms in the same position as 

 yesterday's attempt, bottom red clay; 4000 fathoms of wire were paid out, dyno- 

 mometer registering a strain up to 4^ tons. A small but representative catch was secured. 

 of which the following is a rough list : several small fishes of one species, one ccpha- 

 lopod, one lamellibranch and another broken mollusc, rive species of crustaceans, one 

 or two medusoids, three species of ophiuroids, three species of holothurians, one flat sea- 

 urchin, one sipunculid, and some examples of Sagitta and ctenophores, probably from 

 the surface. 



One whale's ear-bone with some living animals attached to it was also found in 

 the trawl. 



.{/// Mil///. :-)!> -27' S. 5 50' E. A few sootv albatroses. some with a whitish riiig 

 round their necks, and evidently young, many Dimm-ili-n c.rn/m/s, a few Diomedea 

 iii<'/ti,i<>i>/ii-ys< "Xo. !) " and " Xo. 14 (lough Island" petrels (see April 'jyth). some black 

 petrels like the one shot yesterday, several whale birds or blue petrels, and Wilson's 

 petrels were seen. Some external parasites \vcre found on the albatroses shot yestcrdav. 



M<II/ IN/. Mi) L>5' 8. 10 'Jo' E. Sooties still few. many Dii>nn'<lc<i. c.i-iilunx and 

 Dzomedect melanophrys, and also the other birds described in vcsterday's log, were seen 

 to-day. The black petrel with a white beak (" No. l^(iough Island ") was obsei-ved 

 to-day. A school of porpoises or " black fish" was seen about noon. 



M!l'linl. MX ()<;' S. 14 :W E. Same kind of birds seen to-day as yesterdav. 

 excepting " Xo. !) (Jough Island" petrel, which was not noticed. 



MU 3rd, :'.5 '.'<?' 8. 15' 03' E. Very few liirds seen to-day except a few " Xo 14 

 <!ough Island" petrels. Dii>nn'<l<-it f.rnjitnx, Dinn,<'tl<' melanophrys KoA also a sooty 

 albatros. 



4f/i. M4 ,")S' S. 17 no' E. More birds seen to-day than yesterday. A few 



1 Priojinus cinereus. ' Oeslrelata mollis. Majaqueus aequinoctialis. 



