COLLECTING HEX. TN THE SAGAMI SEA. 



for EupleoteUa at Dôketsba, but I have long since abandoned 

 that method in favor of long-lining ; for, the specimens obtained 

 by the trawl Avere always in a sorely mutilated condition, caused 

 partly by the manner in which they were rooted out but more 

 especially by their having been dragged along in the bag with 

 so many other things. 



After all my experiences I believe that the long-line ought 

 to be classed, together with the trawls, dredges and tangles, 

 among the most important of a deep-sea collector's equipments. 

 As to modifications that can likely be effected in the method, 

 the better to suit the requirements of its new sphere of appli- 

 cation, a series of ideas should suggest themselves to all who 

 give a thought to the 

 matter. The introduc- 

 tion of mechanical con- 

 trivances for hauling in 

 the lines ; the addition 

 of hempen swabs to the 

 main-line ; combination 

 with dredge or trawl ; 

 special designs after the 

 principle of the long-line; 

 &c., — these are some of 

 the points that seem worth 

 recommending to the 

 consideration of future 

 deep-sea explorers. 



Dead Chonelasma calyx bearing a host of 

 other animals. V, nat. size. 



