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•worms; and few uhells. Station 'J2.'}7, in Al'O latlioms; s:\iuo as jirevions 

 Jianl. Station 22"i8, in fM)4 fathoms: tiawi oinpty. 



Wc arrived in Wood's lloll on the lith. On tlie 25th we saih-d lor a 

 8hort cruise in the shallow waters south of Martha's Vineya.d. On flic 

 20th, eifjht liauls were made in water from .'^2 to 122 faflioms in dei)th. 

 The general (',h;ira(;ter of tlx' hottoni w;is green mnd and sand. As wjis 

 to be expected, the fishes and invertebrates were well known. Larg<' 

 numbers of Pecien fcnvicostufus ; ArchaHier (imcricannn ; Ophiof/li/plui 

 Sarsiij Asterias vulgaris, and lAiimatonice armaia were saved for distri- 

 bution. The electric light was used at night, and 177 s])ecimens of the 

 flying-squid, Sthcnotcuthis Bartramii were caught with the jig. On the 

 27th nine hauls were made in water from IS to 78 fathoms in depth. The 

 first five or six hauls wen; much similar to those of the day before, but 

 gradually the bottom became more sandy, and we began to take the 

 saiKldollars, UchinarochniK.s parmoj a few at first, and more and 7nore 

 nntil the last haul, when Ihe table sieve was heaped up with them. On 

 the 28tli, 7 hauls were made in water from M lo 250 fathoms in depth. 

 The first haul brought us a large number of saud-dollars and a few shells. 

 Later we obtained many beautiful specimens of yl.s^^r?V(.s' ruh/dris. The 

 last haul was in 250 fathoms, and was the largest haul of worm-tubes 

 we have ever taken. "We returned to Wood's I loll on the 2!)th, and on 

 October 8th we left for New York, where we arrived the following 

 day. We remained at the latter i)laee until the 17th, when we sailed 

 on our final cruise off Cai)e Hatteras. On the 18th three hauls were 

 made; the second and third remarkable for the large numbers of IMu- 

 iiidas and other forms which had been common on the tilefish ground 

 l)efore that fish disappeared. On tlie following day twenty-one hauls 

 were made, mostly in shallow water. At Station 2207, in <)8 fathoms, 

 tlie trawl- net was torn. The few specimens taken wcmc highly colored 

 echinoderms and corals, showing that the trawl had (raught on a reef. 

 The tangles were put over in the same })laee and additiomd sp(M-imens 

 of the same kind taken. After this haul the water became shallower 

 and the trawl-net brought nj) only a few specimens of crabs and starfish 

 and broken shells. The nnid-bag came uj) well filled with mud, from 

 which we sifted large numbers of dead shells. This continut'd all day, 

 interrupted only by haul 2,280, which brought \\\) a large quantity of 

 eorals, shells, crabs, &'c. On the 20th fourteen hauls were made, the 

 first ])art of the day, with about the same results as on the j^revious day. 

 Station 2207, in 40 fathoms, was a surprise to us. A large lobster {Ho- 

 mams ayncricaitus) ma<le its apix-arance and a very large number of 

 crabs {Cancer horealis and C. Jittornlis). On the 21st the tangles were 

 used on the reef that we had found two days before, with good results. 



We then started for Washington, where we arri\ed October 23d. 



