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Paul Withdrawing Samples of Sea-Water for Chemical Analysis 

 Such specimens were obtained down to a depth of three miles at some stations. 



with colored sails, trawlers performing their mad dance in the 

 waves, all welcomed us as they passed by. But of most interest 

 to us was a square-rigged sailing ship with auxiliary steam-power, 

 which passed us some two miles away. She was the Massachu- 



