INVESTIGATIONS OF THK ALI5ATROSS. 219 



COAST OF CALIFOItXIA, MAJiCU AND API.'IF, 18!J0. 



\Vc left, tlie iiavy-\;ir(l at 0:40 a. in., iMaicli 10, and proceeded to sea. 

 Crossiii<,^ tlic ]y.iv at "2 p, in., we lowered the trawl ten minutes later in 

 '20 fatlionis, and notwitlistaiidin"- a heavy westerly swell succeeded in 

 runnin*;' a line of dicd^^in.ns to the South I'^iralloncs. There we hove to 

 for tlie nipfht, rollinjtj and tumbling al)out la tiie li(.»avy swell, to the 

 j^neat discomfort of all hands. 



Uesumiu;;- Avork at daylight the following- morniuf?, we extended our 

 explorations to the southwai'd in dei)ths ranging between 391 fathoms, 

 IG miles 8. ^ E. from South Farallon light, and 20 fathoms, .3 miles NVV. 

 I W. from Pigeon Point. After the last haul was completed we ran off 

 shore a few miles and lay to until 5:40 the following morning, when 

 oi)erations were resumed by casting the trawl in 29(i fathoois, line gray 

 sand, Pigeon Point light bearing NE. by E. f E., 18.8 miles. Working 

 to the southward as before, twelve stations were occupied during the 

 day, the last one being 0.8 miles WiSTW. ^ W. fiom Santa (Jruz light- 

 house. The weather moderated until at sunset the sea was quite smooth. 

 "W"«; anchored at 5 :;j5 p. m. off" Santa Cruz, where good prolcciion is 

 afforded fiom the coast winds. 



Mr. Alexander was landed at daylight on the 13th to continue his 

 fisheries investigations. At a. m. we got under way and made a line 

 of soundings and dredgings across tlie outer extremity of Monteicy 

 Bay, finally anchoring off the old town of that name. The naturalists 

 were employed in shore collecting until noon on the 14th, when we left 

 the anchorage and made a series of dredgings across the bay in from 9 

 to 48 fathoms, following the general dir<'ction of the coast line, finally 

 anchoring off Santa Cruz at 0:23 p. m. 



fretting under way at 0:20 next morning, we examined a rocky area 

 off Santa Cruz on which a numl)er of fishing boats were employed. 

 The Coast Survey chait gave no indications of rocky bottom, and (mr 

 attention was called to it by tlie presence of fishermen. The center 

 of the bank is 2 miles SSW. iioin the light house an<l the bank has an 

 area of about 14 square; miles, the depths ranging from 8 to 20 fathoms. 

 Having completed the examination of the bank, we ran a line of dredg- 

 ings to the northward in moderate depths as far as Pigeon Point, the 

 last haul being finished at .">:4.'J p.m., when we started for port, anchor- 

 ing olf Saucelito at 1 1 :2~> p. m. We were under way again at daylight 

 on the 10th, and reached the navy-yard, Man' Island, at 8:20 a. m. 



Thi<-k rainy weather i)revaile<l until the 19th, when we ran down to 

 San Francisco, took on board 92 tons of coal on the 20th, and at 9:40 

 the following morning got under way and i)roceeded to sea. At 12:50 

 p. m, we cast the trawl in 21 fathoms, fi.ic gray sand. Point Bonita 

 bearing NE. by E. -^ E., distant 9.8 miles, and ran a line of dredgings 

 U* the westward until 3:50 p. m., wIkmi we swung shi]) under steam for 

 compass errors. The dredgings wer(^ then continued in the direction 



