30 ALLAN HANCOCK ATLANTIC EXPEDITION REPORT 



Specimens have been kept separate and are so labeled. This point was un- 

 fortunately not made clear in the explanation of the Pacific station list, 

 some of the D-1 and D-2 indications having been changed to a, b, and c in 

 the final compilation. 



No indications of the type of dredging gear used have been made on 

 the station list. It is understood that from the Velero III a standard-type 

 steel dredge with a 3' 6'' beam was used, sometimes with, but more gen- 

 erally without, cotton swabs attached. From the small dredge boat the 

 same type dredge with a smaller beam was used. The muddy shallows of 

 Caledonia Bay and the shoals of Colombia and Venezuela would have 

 been ideal for beam trawling, but such equipment was not put into opera- 

 tion on the Velero III until 1940. 



To facilitate the use of the list without the necessity of consulting 

 navigational charts and plotting positions, stations are grouped according 

 to countries visited, and general localities are indicated by place names. 



