56 Records of the Indian Museum. [VoL VIL, 
Haul IV.—Same ground as before. Mixed fish = Trichiurus 
haumela. 
The fifth and sixth hauls were on the same ground and the 
catches similar to the above. 
Haul VII.—One large Pristis pectinatus in net. Net torn. 
The cause of the net being occasionally torn on these soft grounds 
is either a large sawfish or a trunk of a tree brought down by the 
Ganges and waterlogged and sunken. The mixed fish consisted of 
20 lb. weight of Pellova and 6 of Saurida tumbil. 
Haul VIII.—The ‘‘skates’’ or ‘“‘sting-rays’’ comprised a 
medium-sized specimen of Tvygon uarnak, the balance (12 Ib.) 
being Myliobatis nieuhofii. The mixed fish included several 
specimens of Chirocentrus dorab. One Zygaena blochit was captured 
but not included in the weights given in the table. 
In both the eighth and ninth hauls five specimens of pomfret 
(Stvomateus cinereus) were captured ; the weights were not included 
in the table. 
Haul X.—The net was badly torn during this haul. It took 
an hour and a half for all hands to repair it. One specimen of 
Thalassochelys caretta was captured in this haul. The Carangidae 
comprised during this and the preceding two hauls Caranx mala- 
baricus, C. atropus and C. gallus. 
There were also present (Haul XI) in the ‘‘ mixed”’ fish :— 
Minous monodactylus, Polynemus sextartus, Sebastichthys strongea, 
Platycephalus sp., Therapon jarbua and Mene maculata. The 
Siluroid which predominated in all the hauls on this ground was 
Arius dussumiert. Day states that Therapon jarbua is not uncom- 
mon at Calcutta in the tidal Hughli. Hauls XII and XIII are 
quoted above (p. 55), the former was in from 14 to 15 fathoms of 
water, the latter back again in 24 fathoms. In Haul XV the 
small ‘‘ skate’’ was Myliobatis sp. 
Haul XVI was in deeper water, approximately 40 fathoms. 
The only remarkable fish not recorded in previous hauls was 
Chorinemus lysan. 
Haul XVII was made in the direction of (7.e., towards) the 
Eastern Channel light vessel. The ‘‘ mixed”’ fish were Elacate nigra. 
AREA II. SoutH PatcHEs LIGHT VESSEL TO AKYAB. 
The second area trawled over by the ‘‘ Golden Crown” was that 
extending from the South Patches light vessel (off the entrance 
to Chittagong) down past Oyster Island to the vicinity of Akyab. 
This area is separated by the ‘‘Swatch of No Ground’’ from 
Area I. The bottom varied considerably. Near the light ship 
it was mud, further to the south this was replaced in depths from 
8 to 17 fathoms by fine glittering sand, with patches of shells at 
intervals. Off St. Martin’s Reef in from 10 to 13 fathoms the 
bottom consisted of shells and fine gravel. Between St. Martin’s 
Reef and Oyster Island the trawl brought up fossiliferous rocks of 
