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were taken alive with a scoopuet iu tlie evening of the same day as tbe.y 

 came up to the ship, attracte<l by the arc light. On the morning of the 

 23d, a large octopod was taken iu the trawl-net. It is no doubt the 

 Eledone verrngosa of Verrill, but it is much larger than the type speci- 

 mens of that species. Besides the foregoing, several other interesting 

 cephalopods were taken during the cruise. On the 23d we tilled a large 

 tank (1{> gallons) with crabs, Geri/on quinquedens. At Station 217() we 

 tilled a 4-gallou tank with ophiurans, and nearly lilled another of the 

 same size with tine sea-urchins {^Schizaster). Among the other inver- 

 tebrates were a number of cup corals, genus Flahellum, one of unusual 

 size and shape; peunatuhe; startish {Zoroaster Mid Archasfer) -, ujany 

 shrimp; a few shells ; several species of holothurians; and many surface 

 animals. During the cruise quite a number of lish \'vere preserved, 

 some of them being rare. 



On the 24th the ship put into Newport, E. I., and haviug procured 

 bait, sailed on the following day for Cox's Ledge, where all of the lines 

 in the ship were put to use and a large number of cod and other fish 

 were taken during the short time we remained there. On the morning 

 of the 26th we arrived in Wood's Hoi I, Mass. 



We left again on the 31st for Newport, R. I., to procure bait, and on 

 the following day started for Cox's Ledge, where several hours wei-e 

 spent fishing with hand-lines. Many dogfish were caught, with now 

 and then a cod or a hake. The naturalists were busy during the fishing 

 iu collecting" parasites and examining the stomachs of fish. According 

 to instructions the different glands of the dogfish desired by Mr. Peteis 

 were preserved in MilUer's lluid. The morning of August 2d found us 

 on the tilefish grouiul. Two long trawl-lines were l)aited in reatli- 

 ness, one of which was set in the morning and one in tiie afternoon. 

 The fish taken in the morning were identified by Mr. Parker as fol- 

 lows: Piiycin tenuis, 97 specimens; Flnjcis cJinss, 0; MerluciuH hilin- 

 earis,'2', Rata Iccvis (5,1; ISqualus aeanthius, 19. Those in the after- 

 noon were: Fhijcls tenuis, 05 si)ecimens; Phyeis chnss,'.i', Rata Iwvis, 3; 

 Eaia oeellata,2; Merlucins hilinearis, 4. Four hauls of the beam trawl 

 were made during the day with the following results: Station 2183, 

 in 195 fathoms, worms and worm tubes, brittle stars, starfish, and 

 fish as follows: Macrurns carminatus, i specimens; GJijptocephalus 

 rijno{jlossus,2 ; Ilalicutcua senticosa, 2. Station 2184, in 130 fathoms, 

 resulted iu our getting a few invertebrates ; Phyeis tenuis, 2 specimens ; 

 Ghjptoeephalus ei/no</lossus, 1 ; Scorpcena dactyloptera, 3. Station 2185, 

 in 129 fathoujs: 02)ltiomusiu)n Li/nutni,a number; Lwtmatoniee armata : 

 Phyeis tenuis, 2 ; Phyeis ehass, 5; Paralieiithys oblongas, 1 ; Raia radiata, 

 1. Station 2180, in 353 fathoms: Acavella Normani; Polynoe acaneUa ; 

 Actinias. ¥M\—Maenirus Bairdii, 25 ; Phyeis Chestcri, 4 ; Merlueiusbilin- 

 ■earis, 1; Cottuneulns torvus, 3; Halieutcva sentieosa, 1; CentroseyUiuin 

 Fabricii,!; Glyptoeephalm cynoglossus, -i; Synaiihohrdnelius pinnatus, 2; 

 Amitra liparina, 2. The trawl-lino was again set on the following day, 



