414 Deep-sea Trmcling off the S.W. Coast of Ireland : 



boarded trawl at 1.30 P.M. A great haul of Echinoderms 

 and fish ; 40 specimens of Spatangus EascMj also a great 

 number of Echinus microstoma^ Ophiotlirix, &c. 



Station IX. 



Steamed 10 miles west, sounded in 185 fath. Shot trawl 

 at ,^.30 P.M. ; towed it in a northerly direction ; hauled it at 

 8.30 P.M. ; sounded again and found 150 fath. 



Holothuria tremula^ Dorocidaris, and Spatangus in multi- 

 tudes, a dead Madrepore, with every calyx inhabited by a 

 small Ophiuran, giving the appearance of polyps, Cepha- 

 lopods, Fish^ including one dog-fish, eight Macrurids, about a 

 score of flat-fish, &c., were the result of the haul. 



When the trawl was up we steamed for the Fastnet. 



Station X. 



Passed the Fastnet, and when in 55 fath. south of Jelly 

 Head shot beam trawl at 8.15 a.m., and hauled it at 9.30. 

 This proved a very rich haul in variety of species, amongst 

 which were some splendid specimens of that most striking 

 Echinoderm, E. Flennngii^ and we obtained also several 

 Actiniae and Pinnae. Steamed a few miles east. 



Station XI. 



Shot beam trawl at 11 A.M. in same depth as last Station, 

 and with very similar results. 



Station XII. 



This, our last haul of the beam trawl, was in 40 fath, off 

 Cork Harbour ; the net contained many specimens of familiar 

 forms ; and then shaping our course for Queenstown, we landed 

 our gear at 7 p.m. 



During our cruise of six days, whicli included our voyage 

 out and home, we thus made 12 hauls of the trawl. One was 

 spoilt by an unavoidable accident, two by accidents which I 

 ought to have avoided. The other nine gave what I con- 

 sider to be fair results ; and though we missed species 

 which on former occasions we succeeded in obtaining, 

 enough, I hope, has been done to prove the interesting nature 

 of the marine fauna off our south-west coast. 



