^ EEPOET OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERtl!h;. [6] 



The followiug- officers were attached to the ship aud made the cruise 

 Id the West Indies : 



Z. L. Tanner, lieutenant commander^ U. S: N., commanding. 



Beaton Schroederj lieutenant, U. S. N., executive officer and navigator. 



S. H; May, lieutenant, U. S. I:^. 



A. C. Baker, lieutenant, U". S. N. 



C. J. Boush, ensign, U. S. IST. 



R. H. Miner, ensign (junior grade), U. S. K. 



L. M. Garrett, ensign (junior grade), U. S. N. 



A. A. Ackerman, ensign (junior grade), U. S. N. 



C. G. Herndon, passed assistant surgeon, TJ. S. N. 



C. D. ManslSeld, paymaster, U. S. N. 



George W. Baird, passed assistant engineer, U. S. N., in charge of 

 machinery. 



Fetty officers. — S. M. McAvoy, John Hawkins, John Bergesen, Walter 

 Blundell, machinists ; Charles Wright, master-at-arms 5 George B. Till, 

 equipment yeoman ; N. B. Miller, apothecary ; George A. Miller, pay- 

 master's yeoman ; Frank L. Stailey, engineer's yeoman. 



The crew numbered 59 men. 



Mr. James E. Benedict was attached to the vessel as resident natu- 

 ralist, with the following-named gentlemen as assistants : 



Willard Nye, jr. 



Ensign R. H. Miner, U. S. N., in charge of department of fishes. 



Ensign L. M. Garrett, IJ. S. N. 



Ensign A. A. Ackerman, U. S. N., in charge of department of geology 

 and mineralogy. 



We left the navy-yard, Norfolk, Va., at 7 a.m., January 10, and pro- 

 ceeded to sea. The weather was clear and pleasant, with light westerly 

 breeze in the morning, backing to SSW., and increasing to a strong- 

 wind during the latter part of the day. 



Having passed Cape Henry, we laid a course for a reported danger 

 marked " Orion," on tlie eastern verge of the Gulf Stream, oft' Hatteras. 

 We entered the stream in latitude 35° 48' 48" N., longitude 74° 09' 00" 

 W., the temperature of the water rising from 54° to 07°, finally reach- 

 ing 710 F. 



The following morning we had strong winds to moderate gale from 

 SSW., with heavy confused swell, the sea becoming more regular later 

 in the day. We were on the position of the shoal above-mentioned 

 about noon, but did not consider it advisable to sound under the cir- 

 cumstances. A lookout was kept at the mast-head for anything that 

 might indicate shoal water ; but there was nothing seen, although the 

 weather was clear and the sea heavy enough to mark a shoal any- 

 where within the line of vision. 



Having passed the above position, a course was laid for another 

 danger marked "Ashton," in latitude 33° 50' 20" N., longitude 71° 42' 

 00" W., and at 10.25 p. m. on the 11th we sounded in 2,953 fathoms. 



