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glypha gracilis, Ophioscolex glacialis, Echinus elegans (very 
fine), Sptrotropis carinata, Trophon clathratus, Emarginula 
crassa, Hanleyia debilis, Pecten vitreus and aratus, Lima 
excavata, &c. Although several attempts were made to again 
strike this exact spot, we never succeeded in doing so, and other 
parts of this precipice did not prove so rich. 
The second precipice descends from a water-covered ridge 
which runs out in a west-by-south direction from the point ‘of | 
the little hill on the other side of the miniature bay which 
that hill forms to the north of Rédberg, the face of the 
precipice being thus E. by N. Here I met with some 
species which were not procured elsewhere, including the 
very rare and beautiful Sarcophyton purpureum. 
The third precipice is at Rédberg itself, where from the 
northern ends of the rocks which form the little headland 
thus named a precipice of 250 fathoms descends perpendicu- 
larly to the bottom. ‘This precipice was thus worked : the 
boat pulled out about two hundred yards, and when the 
dredge and sufficient rope had been let out returned to 
the shore; the dredge was then hauled up the face of this 
great 1500-feet submerged cliff. If it caught on a ledge or 
jutting point the rope was hauled very “taut,” and then 
suddenly a few fathoms of line were slackened. In this way 
the dredge was frequently set free and hauled up again. 
When it finally caught, which was sure to be the case, the 
boat was again manned and the dredge was taken in from 
the sea. It was awonderful sight to see the deep-sea Corals, 
Aleyonarians, Astrophytons, &e, ina dredge thus handled 
from the shore—containing a fauna of which we know nothing 
in our own shallow seas, and can only hope to meet with 
when we reach the great precipices which dive into the bed 
of the Atlantic far away to the west of Ireland. 
The following list gives species which are characteristic of 
the precipices ; many of them attach themselves to or crawl on 
the rock, but a considerable number feed upon or are almost 
invariably with or on the Alcyonarians or corals, into the 
latter of which some very interesting sponges also burrow. 
MoLuusca 
Aldisa zetlandica. Calliostoma occidentale. 
Triopella incisa. Emarginula crassa. 
Trophon clathratus. Puncturella noachina. 
, var. Gunneri. Hanleyia debilis. 
Spirotropis carinata. S. abyssorum #, 
SEES TCS costulata. Leptochiton alveolus. 
+f Magnificent specimens ¢ are in the Trondhjem Museum from Rodberg, 
but I did not meet with it. 
