190 ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



The equipment was very complete, and included steam ap- 

 paratus for working the dredge and sounding-line. The 

 weather was very favorable, much more so than in the pre- 

 vious year, although at one time a long-continued wind kept 

 them on the coast of Norway longer than they desired. The 

 dredge was worked in 127 localities, several hauls usually be- 

 in sr made in most cases. The towing-net, as also nets drag:- 

 ging at different depths, were also used freely, and numerous 

 specimens of the sea bottom were saved, partly in alcohol and 

 partly dried. 



The collections have been intrusted to various specialists 

 in Germany for further investigation. Particular attention 

 was paid to the determination of the gases found in the sea- 

 water ; and the services of Dr. Jacobsen were brought into 

 requisition to devise apparatus especially for collecting sam- 

 ples of the water. The surface temperature was noted in 260 

 localities, and in most instances that at various depths record- 

 ed, the whole number of water temperatures taken amount- 

 ing to 600. Over 500 tests of the specific gravity of the wa- 

 ter were taken on the voyage. Meteorological observations 

 were also recorded, as well as the indications of the surface, 

 and of deeply-seated currents. Important facts were obtain- 

 ed from the Norwegian fishermen in regard to the fisheries. 

 They stated that only once in the past century, and at no time 

 in the present, did the herring keep so far from the usually 

 fished portion of the Norwegian coast as in the last winter. 

 On the other hand, an especially productive fishery has been 

 prosecuted within the last year or two between latitudes 66 

 and 69. It was thought possible that the fish had changed 

 their breeding ground, although there were no certain data 

 for this opinion. 



Reference is made by Dr. Meyer to the fact that, in view of 

 the great importance of its fisheries, the Norwegian govern- 

 ment has kept two eminent scientists occupied Dr. Axel 

 Boeck with the herring, and Dr. Sars with other species. 

 Circular d. JFischerei-Verein, 1872, x., 242. 



PwECENT EXPLOEATIONS ON THE SUPPOSED SITE OF ANCIENT 



TEOY. 



The New York Herald, with characteristic enterprise, de- 

 votes an entire page of its issue of December 21 to an account 



