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times the specific gravity was T023. On this latter day we dredged and trawled 

 outside Galle Bay, beginning at the south-east off Watering and Unawatti Points 

 and working westward to the Gallehogalle Bank. The first three hauls of the dredge 

 may be considered as Station XXXVIII. , on the eastern side of the entrance to the 

 bay, while the remaining three hauls along with three hauls of the trawl form 

 Station XXXIX., to the westward, up to Gallehogalle Bank. 



STATION XXX VIII. Outside Watering Point and Unawatti Point, from \ a mile 

 to \\ miles off land ; depth 9 to 22 fathoms ; bottom sand and mud with many 

 shell fragments ; dredged. 



Hnlicornaria saccaria, Gorgonia sp., Spongodes sp. ; 



Spatangoid, Clypeaster humilis, and Echinodiscus auritus, Astropccten poly- 

 acanthus (?), Ophidiaster cylindricus ; 



ThaJenessa im-thurni, n. sp., Glycera sp., Hyalincecia sp., and Worm-tubes; 



Portunids and other Crabs, some Macrura ; 



Strombus sibbaldii, Eburna canaliculata, Oliva gibbosa, Philine sp., and Area 

 compact a ; 



Molgula (small species) ; 



Branehiostoma lanceolatum (at 9 fathoms, several), B. (Dolichorhynchus) indicus 

 (at 9 fathoms). 



STATION XXXIX. From 2 miles south of Point de Galle westwards to Gallehogalle 

 Bank; depths 16 to 30 fathoms; bottom fine sand; stones and Nullipore on the 

 bank ; dredged and trawled. 



Polytrema miniaceum and other Foraminifera ; 



Stephanoseris rousseaui, Spongodes, Eunephthya and Gorgonids (sev. spp.) ; 



Astropecten hemprichii, Stellaster sp., Salmacis bicolor, Lovenia elongata, Echino- 

 discus auritus, Clypeaster sp., and Antedon sp. ; 



Serpula actinoceras, Polyzoa (many) ; 



Squilla, Gonodactylus, Alphens, Amphipods and Isopods, Pontonia, various 

 Pagurids and Grabs (one infested by Sacculina) ; 



Philine sp., Strombus sibbaldii, Sepia sp., Scpiola sp. ; 



About 1350 Fish of which 500 were small flat fish belonging to about 5 species 

 and ranging from h inch to 4 inches in length, most being from 2 to 3 inches : 



Cynoglossus sp., Rhomboidichthys (2 spp.), Arnoglossus (?), Pleuronectida? (very 

 many), Gobiidge (768, from 2 to 5 inches long), Callionymus candicaudatus (30, from 

 2 to 3 inches long), and C. sagitta (50, from If to 3 inches long). 



This sandy area lying to the east of Gallehogalle Bank and giving a uniform 

 stretch for some miles at a depth of 25 to 30 fathoms is evidently a fish " nursery," or 

 region where young fishes, both fiat and round, belonging to 8 or 9 species and 

 including such valuable forms as "Soles," "Turbot" and Plaice," congregate in 



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