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itinipo.^sible to see anythiug. His iuvestigations, therefore, were mostly 

 by f(.-eling. 



During this trip we worked principally in Tangier Sound and off" Saint 

 Jerome Creek. We vi;:iited Crisfield, Baltimore, and Annapolis, Md., 

 returning to Washington, Novemteer 27, 1884. 



Having applied to be relieved from duty in the Fish Commission, I 

 was, on December 31, 1884, detached from the Fish Hawk; and on that 

 day I turned her over to the next in rank, Ensign L. W. Piepmeyer, U. 

 S. Navy. 



Washington, D. C, August 10, 1885. 



