36 Mr Patterson on a Species ofBeroe. 



came still more trancjuil, and the evening was perfectly calm : 

 crossed the ferry, and took about forty heroes. May 8. The 

 evening calm but cold, and terminated towards 7 o'clock in 

 thick drizzling rain : I had at that hour been sailing or rowing 

 in the harbour for three hours ; yet during that time took only 

 nine heroes. May 9. The day very stormy, with almost in- 

 cessant showers : in crossing the ferry and returning, not one 

 beroe was taken : rowed for a short time in the evening, using 

 both my nets, with no better success. May 11. The morning 

 fine, with light breezes from the west and W'SW., and a gentle 

 rippling undulatory motion over the surface of the water : 

 crossed the ferry, but did not get even one beroe : went on 

 board the schooner Supply, to the light-house on the North 

 Maiden Rock : a part of the stores only were landed, when the 

 captain was compelled, by the increasing violence of the wind, 

 to desist from the attempt. May 1 % Blowing hard : crossed 

 the ferry taking six heroes. May IS. The morning fine : to- 

 wards noon a fresh breeze from the south and south-east : sailed 

 for above an hour ; got but one beroe. May 1 4. Last night 

 has been extremely stormy ; to-day the wind continues very high 

 from the north-east. May 15. The storm last night was greater 

 than any we have yet had : to-day it still continues, accompa- 

 nied by frequent rain : nineteen small vessels are now riding at 

 anchor in the harbour, the greater part of which have run in 

 to seek shelter from the gale. May 16. The storm is abated: 

 the little vessels are drying their sails, and some of them pre- 

 paring for sea : crossed the ferry, and took thirteen heroes, all 

 of them dead from tlie violence of the late gale. May 19. To- 

 wards the evening of the 16th, the wind again rose, until at 

 length the ferry-boats were unable to cross, and the boatmen 

 refused to attempt to do so, although many times the usual fare 

 was offered as an inducement. During the entire of the 17th 

 and 18th, this state of things continued, and all intercourse 

 with Island Magee was suspended. This day, when the wind 

 and rain had abated, and the boats had once more begun to 

 ply, my net was sent across the ferry, attached to the stern of 

 the boat. Its contents, on subsequent examination, proved to 

 be a small number of heroes, all of them dead. From the facts 



