VV'e went theii nortliwards in the wators to tlie sliores of Ijiv-Bredniiiij, 

 but also fhere nc looketJ in min for llie liffli- plaice: ut most just a l'ew sj)eci- 

 mens may be t'ound liere. On the 13. May 9;") I went towards tlio soutli, in the 

 IJiological Station'8 decked boat »The Mackerel«, attempting to seine at Nymølle 

 opposite to Sillerslevor af the soiif/ieni end nf Sallim/sinxl. oml tiiere I foiiinl 

 the fiji of 1894 iv considerahle (jnanlidcs. It was lonnd by seining on tbf 

 bars. W'e took 135 plaice between 2\!i and 4 indies, oiie ol' 4-74 indies, one 

 of o-'/,, and two of (iiiiches; moreover IGfiounders between 2''., and r)V4 inches 

 were caught. By seining farther out in Kaas-Bredning on 3 fathoms of 

 watei' witli soft day bottom*) we got a number of larger [»laice, Imt none 

 over 10 indies: ou the other hånd we found also liere a few spedmens 

 of 2Y3 iuches, which ordinarily, arc always attaohed to the dean sand 

 bottom very near the shore. 



From tilis place I went south of Mors to Af/fifroDi/lj (i. e. deep ) 

 where the great prawii fishery is carried on at this time. In the ;«l)eeii; 

 wc oauglit, on the 14. May, with a seine, in three hauls, 31 plaice between 

 lOYi and 6\.j iuches, and by wading we found ou the sand altogether only 

 2 plaice, of respectively 2*1 and 2'/.^ iuches in leugth. I must conclude 

 therefore that but ver}' little fry of the year 1S04 is fi^und in these waters 

 west of Mors and north af Jegindø. 



On the 16. May the low shallows at the enti'ance of Hjerk-Kor. situ- 

 ated in a fjord east of Nymølle, were investigated, and a great numijer of 

 tiounders were found between 3 indies and 6-',, but only 9 plaice, all be- 

 tween 2"4 and 3^/, iuches. 



By seining fi'om »The Mackerel« in Tltisted-Brcdning. 20. — 21. May. no 

 fry at all was found on the shores, and altogether iu a few hauls on deeper 

 water we caught only 11 plaice between 10 and 7\'., iuches. .5 of Iltese 

 irere marked irifli liolef. as we do whcn marking tlie plaice wliidi are 

 transplanted into the Fjord. 



It may tlius be said that Ihe small plaiee of li^'Ji herome ro rer Ihe 

 farlher ire t/o from Kaas-Brrdniiifi foirards Ihr north. that thrii are qni/r 

 missinfl in Thisted -Tirednin;/, and icith renj fe.ir e.rcrptions in J^irBred 

 niuff foo. 



This soft, gray i'la>- bottom, .so rich iii littlo bivalves of tlie genera Solen, C'orhulii, 

 Abra, Nuciila, etc, without aiiy trace of vesc'tation, is chaiactcristio of the.si" western 

 nxpansions of the Fjonl, as also uf Tliisted-J'.ieclning. Sueli a cloan clay bottom is 

 found in no other Danish fjord whcve 1 liavp been. and I am coiivinced that it 

 is not existing in any uf uiir fjord.s. 



