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did we escape without a gale. In 1886, after having our 

 decks swept by the sea, we ran for Valentia, but owing to 

 torrents of rain driven before a fierce south-wester, obscuring 

 all view, we failed to make the lights, and spent a bad night, 

 steaming into the gale till daybreak, off Dingle Bay. In 

 1888 we were caught in the centre of a cyclone, which veered 

 from S. to N.W., and raised such a sea that one of our 

 paddle-boxes was demolished, and we had to run 75 miles 

 for Beerhaven. This year we had fine weather; the ocean 

 was almost perfectly level, except on one day, when the wind 

 freshened from the eastward and raised a short lumpy sea. 



My party joined me on board the ' Flying Fox' at Queens- 

 town on the morning of Monday, July 1, but owing to some 

 delays in completing fittings, it was just noon when we put 

 to sea. On reaching the Fastnet we laid our course by 

 compass W. by S., and, giving orders to have Mr. Poole and 

 myself called about daybreak, we retired early to rest. 



Station I. 



At 3.30 A.M., July 2nd, we came on deck, and on hauling 

 the log found that we iiad run about 71 miles. We sounded 

 at once, and found bottom at 315 fath. As soon as the lead 

 was up, we shot the 20-1'oot-beam trawl, and veered to it 

 about 600 fath. of rope. We dragged it slowly till 8.30, and 

 then began to haul back. At 9.30 boarded trawl. 



The haul was a fairly good one, and contained nunierous 

 specimens of Actinige, Actinanga Ricliardi being of most 

 frequent occurrence. Of Echinoderms there was a large 

 assortment, Dorocidaris iiapiUata^ Pontaster tenuispinisj 

 Holothuria tremula, Ophiothrix sp. ? being characteristic. 



Hermit-crabs in various species of Fusus and Baccinum, 

 and, besides animals belonging to many groups which will be 

 duly dealt with in other portions of the report, we had a good 

 take of fish. 



While the trawl was being cleared we steamed on our 

 course W. by S. 



Station II. 



At 11.30 A.M. the engines were stopped, and a sounding 

 gave a depth of 920 fath. Reeling up of the wire, though 

 done by steam, took a long time, and then wishing to get 

 outside the 1000-fath. line, we steamed on our course till 

 1 P.M., then shot the 9-foot Agassiz trawl, and veered to it 

 1450 fath. of rope. At 4.10 we commenced hauling up, and 

 the trawl came on board at 7.10. 



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