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June 30///, 32 11' N. 84 10' W. Numerous flying-fish, (iulf'-weed still continues 

 to Hoat past the ship ; a great deal of it is caught and examined. Fish, nudibranchs, 

 crabs, amphipods and shrimps, gasteropods, brvoxoa, chaetopods, liydrozoa, etc., were 

 found on the weed. 



July Isf, 33 53' N. 32 27' W. A few flying-fish were seen. Gulf-weed floating 

 past the ship very frequently ; manv animals similar to those found yesterday were 

 collected from it. Charlie caught three or four medusoids ' and saw a turtle in the 

 evening. These medusoids were phosphorescent at night. 



/"/// "liul. 36 05' N. 30 50' W. The captain and others saw two stormy petrels; 

 species unknown. Davidson noted a grey tern. 



Some gulf-weed floated past the ship to-day a very small quantity of it, and none 

 was caught. 



July 3rd, 37 J 41' N. 29 25' W. Several small stormy petrels, possibly Wilson's, 

 another large petrel and a black-backed gull, possibly Larus marinus, were noted. A 

 turtle floated past the ship. Pirie, MacDougall and Charlie caught several medusoids. 2 

 Amphipods were found living epizoically on them. 



July 4tli, 37' 56' N. 29" 11' W. Shot nine Wilson's petrels and five large petrels. 

 Saw the same gull that we noticed yesterday. Trawled in the afternoon on the 

 /'//// rr.s-w Alia 1 Bank 3 in 350 fathoms. The nature of the bottom is evidently very 

 rocky, as the dynomometer showed considerable jerkiness, especially while the trawl 

 was being hauled up, when we had frequently to delay hauling in order to ease the 

 strain. Very poor catch indeed : about four pieces of sponge like Hyalonema, a few 

 pieces of coral and a medusoid, the latter evidently from the surface. 



A school of very white porpoises was seen. A few jelly-fish and swimming-bells 

 were noticed passing the ship. 



July 5th and Gtfi, Fayal, Azores. Saw a school of porpoises before entering the 

 harbour. Visited the fish market, where Mr Bruce bought a number of different species 

 for specimens. One fish was caught in the small trap. 



July 7th, 39 15' N. 26' 55' W. Wilson's petrels were following in the wake of 

 the ship all day. Several terns were seen in the afternoon. In the evening some large 

 petrels, a school of porpoises and a large number of jelly-fish were noted. 



July 8th, 40 19' N. 24 47' W. A few Wilson's petrels and a large petrel, the 

 same as yesterday, were seen, also a few porpoises. 



July !)///, 41 ' 18' N. 22 25' W. A few Wilson's petrels and a large petrel, some- 

 thing like the ones shot on the Princesse Alice Bank, were the only animals 

 seen. 



July \0th, 42 44' N. 19' 30' W. A few Wilson's petrels and the large petrel, like 

 the ones obtained on the Princesse Alice Bank, also some porpoises. 



1 Aurelia solida. - P<>/uf/ia perla. 



5 The Pniii-i'sn': Al ire Bank, discovered by the Prince of Monaco, extends from 36 40' N. to 38 00' N. 

 and from 29' 07' W. to 29 25' W., and has a depth of under 500 metres (273 fathoms). 



