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and Tellina. Trawl one hour down. Results : — One Kay 

 {Pteroplatea micrura), two silver pomfrets, one Drepane 

 punctata and 20 mixed small round fish, also one cuttlefish. 



10. Hauls 11 and 12, 9th November. Along 10-fathom 

 line between Tellickerry and Cannanore ; 4 J miles from land; 

 bottom dark coloured mud with occasional dead shells. One 

 hour haul in each case. Results : — Both hauls blank. 



11. Haul 16, 10th November. 10 to 15 fathoms west- 

 south-west of Cannanore ; course west; bottom mud. Duration 

 of haul, 1J- hours. Result : — Blank. 



Haul 17. Going west from haul No. 16. 15 into 17 

 fathoms ; bottom mud. Duration of haul, one hour. Result ; — 

 A blank haul. 



Haul 18, 10th November. 25 to 27 fathoms ; south-west 

 of Cannanore, 14 miles from land; bottom, a sandy mud with 

 a good many broken small shells and some polychaete tubes 

 of mud agglutinated with mucus. Pishes caught : — Two large 

 plaice-like flat-fish (Psettodes irumeh), 17 and 12^ inches long 

 respectively, one Saurida tiimbil (nearly related to the " Bombay 

 duck "), and two Synagris sp., 7 and 8 inches long. Trawl out 

 one hour. 



12. Haul 25, 12th November. 27 fathoms, due west of 

 Cannanore. Bottom, dark grey mud with small dead shells in 

 fair quantity, several species of small mud-dwelling polychaetes. 

 Trawl out 15 minutes. Result : — two large Psettodes irumei 

 (flat-fish), and one small Serranus fasciatus, a vertebra from a 

 large whale, and several shells of Murex : Rosiellaria and 

 Xenophora, the last with numbers of other shells cemented to 

 its whorls symmetrically. A number of that interesting fish 

 Bregmaceros macelellandi : measuring 2 inches and under, were 

 also taken. 



13. Haul 34, 17th November. 13 fathoms south-west by 

 south off Mangalore. Trawl down one hour ; bottom, dark 

 grey mud. Result : — a few round fishes of 4 to 6 inches long. 



14. Haul 36, 20th November. Midway between Primeira 

 Rocks and Caup Lighthouse. Depth 6 fathoms. Trawl down 

 one hour 20 minutes. Bottom dark grey soft mud with dead 

 shells. Result : — three small fish ; five cuttlefish (Sepia). 



15. Haul 46, 6th December. South-west of Ponnani, 14 

 to 15 fathoms. Trawl down 1J hours. Bottom, dark grey 

 mud. Result : — A few mixed small fish including ribbon fish 

 (Trichiurus), Equula^ Pristipoma^ and one Psettodes. 



