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them ill next morning between 2 a.m. and 4.30 a.m. Our 

 catches resembled those at the preceding stations. At 50 to 

 150 metres there were quantities of fish larvae and young fish, 

 including two small eel larvae and also the young of Macrttrus, 

 a deep-sea fish, the young stages of which thus occur in the 

 upper water-layers. Many of the young fish had telescopic 



Fig. 83. — Two Gastrostomid.^. 



a. Gastros/omiis bairdii, Gill nnd Ryder. Nat. size, 47 cm. 



b. New genus. Nat. size, 20 cm. 



eyes. The fact that we obtained young flounders showed that 

 we were nearing land. At greater depths we secured nothing 

 of any particular note, merely the usual deep-sea forms. 



While examining the material from our tow-nets in the 

 morning, we noticed numbers of small silvery fishes near the 



ot turtles. 



Fig. 84. 

 A new species, not classified yet. 



surface ; and later on, when we commenced steaming towards 



Fayal, we came across one turtle after another. The boat was Great capture 



therefore lowered, and a regular turtle-hunt began. Our plan 



was to row carefully up to the animals, which lay quite still on 



the glassy surface, seize them by the hind leg with our hands, 



and heave them into the boat ; in this way we captured as 



many as fifteen turtles belonging to the species Thalassochelys 



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