260 CABLE HAULS OF MARINE INVERTEBRATES.—HONEYMAN. 
Art. VIIL.—Two CasLe HAULS OF MARINE INVERTEBRATES,— 
By Cable Steamer Minia, Capt. Trott, Commander. 
—Rev. D. Honeyman, D. C.L., F. B.S. GC, F.S. 
Sa, &e, Curator of the Provincial Museum, 
Halifax. 
The flrst Haul is of the Anglo-American or “ Brest Cable”—of 
1869. 
The second of the Anglo-American or Duxbury Cable—of 
1869. 
The first Cable extends from St. Pierre to Brest, France. 
The second from St. Pierre to Duxbury, Mass., U.S. A. 
The portion of the first to which our invertebrates were 
attached lay in lat. 44°, 38'; long. 54°, 6’, and depth 570 
fathoms. Of the second, in lat. 43°, 4°, 38”; long. 66°, 14°, 30’, 
and depth 48 fathoms. We are under great obligations to Capt. 
Trott for the gift of the interesting and important material, 
which we have submitted to a thorough examination, the results 
of which we now propose to communicate. It is interesting to 
know that the part of the first cable in question was brought up 
on the 19th anniversary of the laying of it, July 11,1888. That 
of the second cable, Oct. 26,1888. The position of the first was 
on the side cf the Grand Bank, near the Gulf Stream. Of the 
second, in the Bay of Fundy, west of Seal Island. The creatures 
of the first are far below the extension of solar light and heat, 
while those of the second enjoy both. We may, therefore, expect 
differences in character and constitution of the attaches of the 
respective cables. 
I would here observe that the attaches of the “glacial 
boulders” of the Nova Scotia Fishing Banks, described in our 
January paper, from the depth of sixty fathoms, may be expected 
to correspond in character and constitution with those of the 
second cable and to differ from those of the first. 
It is possible that the fauna of the second cable may be less 
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