IV THE ' ' ALBATROSS ' ' PHILIPPINE EXPEDITION 



third cruise of this series was chiefly along the eastern and southeastern 

 coasts of Mindanao, with some time spent also off southeastern and 

 eastern Mindoro. 



During July, 1908, operations were for the most part in the China 

 Sea off the coast of southern Luzon; and in October and November 

 there were further activities in the China Sea, including dredging off 

 Hong Kong and Formosa, a visit to Pratas Reef, dredgings and sound- 

 ings between that reef and the Batan Islands and in that group and 

 the Babuyan Islands, and off northern and western Luzon. 



In December, 1908, and January, 1909, there was a cruise through 

 the Calamianes and to the western and southern parts of Palawan, 

 the return trip being by way of British North Borneo, Cagayan Sulu, 

 and Iloilo. This was followed by a special series of trials on grounds 

 lying in and off Manila Bay, with cod trawl lines and hand lines, 

 while collecting with seines and dynamite was conducted on adjacent 

 shores and reefs. 



During late February, all of March, and early April, 1909, there 

 were operations along the southern coast of Luzon and among the 

 small islands extending thence to Bohol, with the extension of the 

 cruise through the Cagaj^anes to the east coast of Palawan and north- 

 ward to the Cuyo Islands. 



Following a visit to Lingayen Gulf in May, 1909, there was a 

 cruise among the small islands north of Samar and on the southeast- 

 ern coast of Luzon. During July, August, and September, 1909, the 

 vessel was occupied along the southern coast of Samar, the south- 

 eastern coast of Leyte, and the northern coast of Mindanao, and 

 thence about Bohol, Negros, Siquijor, and Cebu. 



During the first half of September there was active reef collecting 

 with dynamite on the coast of Mindanao south and east of Zam- 

 boanga, followed by another cruise through the Sulu Archipelago as 

 far as Darvel Bay and Sibuko Bay, Borneo. 



The last major cruise occurred during November and December, 



1909, and January, 1910. This covered a part of the Dutch East 

 Indies, including the gulfs of Tomini and Boni in Celebes, Molucca 

 Passage, Patiente Strait, Pitt Passage, Molucca Sea, Briton Strait, 

 Flores Sea, and Macassar Strait. 



The homeward voyage from the Philippines was begun January 21, 



1910, and, after a general overhauling at Nagasaki, Japan, San 

 Francisco was reached May 4, 1910, thus concluding the most exten- 

 sive of the many cruises made by this vessel during her long and 

 varied career. 



The collections brought back by the Albatross were as a whole and 

 in many special groups of animals the largest and most complete 

 ever obtained by one vessel on one expedition. In addition to the 



