14 I. IJIMA : HEXACTINELLIDA. I. 



Sunosaki, — nearly on tlie Ena-linc and Tosliima (a pyramidal 

 islet forming one of the Seven Island of Izu) just heaving in 

 sio-ht at the southern end of Vries Island. As seen on the chart, 

 it apparently lies on the southward continuation of the slope of 

 Outside Okinose. According to Kuma's statements the water at 

 this place is 300 hiro (235 fms.) and over in depth and should 

 abound especially with Ajnstus matsubarœ Hilgd. (Jap.: Aka) 

 aniono- the marketable fishes. 



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Not far distant to the south of Homba is situated Gokcha, 

 or the * Widow's Place,' so called in allusion to erstwhile dis- 

 asters to fishing crews that made so many widows. The place 

 should be 15 or 16 kilometers away from C. Sunosaki and the 

 depth 400 hiro (313 fms.) and over. The landmarks on the 

 Miura Peninsula are here no longer of use, and the fishermen 

 find the place by the bearings : Tomisan -e- C. Sunosaki and 

 Takatsukayama -e- C. Mera. 



Geologically speaking, the bed of the Sagami Sea seems to 

 consist for the most part of volcanic rocks as well as of clays, 

 sandstones, breccias, &c. of a tufaceous nature, such as we find 

 exposed on the surrounding land, — a fact which is borne out by 

 samples of the bottom picked up at various points. 



In faunal respects, the extraordinary richness of the Sagami 

 Sea in new forms will in the near future be more than ever 

 convincingly laid before the scientific world with the publication 

 of the works now being carried on by several naturalists in 

 Japan. The interesting occurrence of forms, generally considered 

 to belong to abyssal depths, within easy reach from the shore 

 and in relatively shallow waters of 100-400 fms., — a fact which 



