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ter of some difficulty to keep movable articles in place. Beturned to the 

 wharf at 6.30 p. m. 



We were detained in port by a southerly gale during the 23d. At 1.30 

 p. m. on the 24th we got under way and attempted to use the dredge in 

 Cape Cod Bay, but finding the wind and sea too heavy returned to the 

 wharf at 4.30 p. m. 



At 9.15 a. m. on the 25th, the weather being favorable, we went out 

 into the channel between Stellwagen Bank and Bace Boint, where we 

 found the swell quite heavy, giving the vessel an uncomfortable motion. 



The dredge was lowered at 10.40 a. m. in 28 fathoms, 2\' N. 11° W. of 

 Bace Boint. Four hauls of the dredge and three of the trawl were 

 taken during the day, returning to the wharf at 7.45 p. m. A thick 

 fog kept us at the wharf during the 26th. The 27th (Sunday) was 

 squally and rainy. 



At 8.15 a. m. on the 28th we steamed out to the Fishing L;edge, a rocky 

 patch in Cape Cod Bay, S. 50° W. V from Wood End ; the dredge was 

 lowered at 10.15 a. m. in 17 fathoms. Nine hauls were made during the 

 day, five with the dredge and four with the trawl. Beturned to port at 

 6.50 p. m. 



At 8 a. m., 29th, left the wharf and steamed outside of Bace Boint, • 

 lowering the dredge at 10.45 a. m. in 88 fathoms. Bace Boint bearings 

 S. 65° W. 14'. Five hauls were made during the day in from 73 to 120 

 fathoms of water, two with the dredge and three with the trawl. 



We were kept in port during the 30th by a thick fog. The weather 

 cleared during the night, and, at 8 a. m. 31st, we got under way and 

 steamed out to sea, lowering the dredge at meridian in 135 fathoms, Bace 

 Boint bearing S. 82° W. 26'. Four hauls were made, three with the 

 trawl and one with the dredge, in from 135 to 42 fathoms. The sound- 

 ings in Nos. 267 and 268 do not agree with the chart, and it is possible 

 Bace Boint was mistaken for Cape Cod, when the bearings were taken. 

 Beturned to Brovincetown at 7 p. m. 



At 8 a. m., August 1, we stood out to sea, lowering the dredge at 9.30 

 a. m. in 34 fathoms. Bace Boint bearing S. 12° W. 2f'. Seven hauls 

 were taken during the day in from 34 to 42 fathoms, three with the 

 dredge and four with the trawl, returning at 6 p, m. Fires were hauled, 

 as the naturalists required the following day (Saturday) to arrange and 

 preserve the large number of specimens on hand. 



At 8 a. m., August 4, we left the wharf and lowered the dredge in 9 

 fathoms off Long Boint, then steamed to the south end of Stellwagen 

 Bank and took four hauls of the dredge and one with the trawl in from 

 12 to 31 fathoms, returning to port at 6 p. m. 



There have been but few bottom and intermediate temperatures taken 

 thus far, and those we have taken are not reliable, owing to the bad 

 condition of the deep-sea thermometers. We received some new Negretti 

 Zambra thermometers to-day, which seem to perform their work perfectly, 



