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  WORK 
  OF 
  STEAMER 
  ALBATROSS. 
  33 
  

  

  trawl 
  were 
  made 
  during 
  the 
  day 
  in 
  from 
  445 
  to 
  1,081 
  fathoms. 
  Numer- 
  

   ous 
  starfish, 
  brittle-stars, 
  crabs, 
  shrimp, 
  shells, 
  and 
  a 
  small 
  quantity 
  of 
  

   Acanella 
  were 
  the 
  results. 
  During 
  the 
  second 
  haul 
  the 
  trawl 
  buried, 
  

   parting 
  the 
  rope 
  at 
  1,510 
  fathoms. 
  The 
  trawl 
  with 
  everything 
  attached 
  

   was 
  lost. 
  The 
  rope 
  parted 
  at 
  the 
  engine, 
  an 
  unusual 
  occurrence, 
  the 
  

   kinks 
  in 
  the 
  working 
  end 
  usually 
  insuring 
  its 
  parting 
  near 
  the 
  trawl, 
  

   thus 
  resulting 
  in 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  but 
  little 
  rope. 
  A 
  set 
  of 
  serial 
  tempera- 
  

   tures 
  to 
  300 
  fathoms 
  was 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  evening; 
  the 
  large 
  surface 
  tow- 
  

   net 
  used 
  with 
  excellent 
  results, 
  and 
  the 
  submarine 
  electric 
  light 
  was 
  

   brought 
  into 
  requisition 
  to 
  aid 
  in 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  squid. 
  

  

  At 
  6 
  a. 
  m. 
  on 
  the 
  10th, 
  the 
  wind 
  and 
  sea 
  having 
  moderated, 
  the 
  trawl 
  

   lines 
  were 
  set 
  in 
  136 
  fathoms, 
  green 
  mud 
  and 
  sand, 
  latitude 
  39° 
  53' 
  IS"., 
  

   longitude 
  71° 
  32' 
  W. 
  Twelve 
  hake 
  and 
  6 
  skate 
  were 
  taken. 
  The 
  lines 
  

   were 
  again 
  set 
  at 
  1.05 
  p. 
  m 
  in 
  120 
  fathoms, 
  brown 
  mud 
  and 
  sand, 
  lati- 
  

   tude 
  39o 
  48' 
  TS., 
  longitude 
  71° 
  48' 
  30" 
  W. 
  Six 
  hake, 
  1 
  goose-fish, 
  and 
  

   4 
  skate 
  were 
  taken, 
  but 
  no 
  tile-fish. 
  Seven 
  hauls 
  of 
  the 
  trawl 
  were 
  

   made 
  during 
  the 
  day 
  in 
  from 
  143 
  to 
  500 
  fathoms, 
  numerous 
  starfish, 
  

   shrimp, 
  and 
  shells 
  being 
  taken. 
  A 
  set 
  of 
  serial 
  temperatures 
  was 
  taken 
  

   in 
  the 
  evening 
  to 
  300 
  fathoms. 
  The 
  surface 
  tow-net 
  and 
  the 
  submarine 
  

   electric 
  light 
  were 
  used 
  with 
  good 
  results. 
  An 
  enormous 
  school 
  of 
  por- 
  

   poises 
  passed 
  near 
  the 
  ship 
  during 
  the 
  evening, 
  and 
  a 
  couple 
  of 
  dolphins 
  

   were 
  seen 
  swimming 
  about 
  at 
  intervals 
  through 
  the 
  day. 
  As 
  our 
  bait 
  

   was 
  exhausted 
  we 
  stood 
  into 
  deeper 
  water, 
  and 
  at 
  5.50 
  a. 
  m. 
  on 
  the 
  

   morning 
  of 
  the 
  11th 
  cast 
  the 
  trawl 
  in 
  1,434 
  fathoms, 
  gray 
  ooze, 
  latitude 
  

   39° 
  15' 
  30" 
  N., 
  longitude 
  71° 
  25' 
  W. 
  Three 
  hauls 
  were 
  made 
  during 
  

   the 
  day 
  in 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  locality, 
  the 
  results 
  being 
  numerous 
  starfish, 
  

   shrimp, 
  shells, 
  and 
  a 
  great 
  quantity 
  of 
  Benthodytes. 
  A 
  fine 
  dolphin 
  

   was 
  caught 
  with 
  hook 
  and 
  line, 
  and 
  an 
  unsuccessful 
  attempt 
  made 
  

   to 
  strike 
  a 
  porpoise. 
  In 
  the 
  evening 
  a 
  set 
  of 
  serial 
  temperatures 
  was 
  

   taken 
  to 
  1,000 
  fathoms. 
  The 
  second 
  haul 
  brought 
  up 
  a 
  quantity 
  of 
  dia- 
  

   tomaceous 
  earth, 
  nearly 
  white 
  in 
  color. 
  

  

  At 
  9 
  p. 
  m. 
  we 
  started 
  for 
  Wood's 
  Holl. 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  morning 
  of 
  the 
  

   12th 
  stopped 
  on 
  Cox's 
  Ledge 
  and 
  tried 
  for 
  codfish 
  without 
  success. 
  

   At 
  4.10 
  p. 
  m. 
  we 
  arrived 
  and 
  moored 
  to 
  the 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  wharf. 
  

  

  We 
  reeled 
  1,500 
  fathoms 
  of 
  new 
  dredge-rope 
  on 
  the 
  drum, 
  making 
  

   the 
  total 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  rope 
  4,610 
  fathoms. 
  At 
  6.50 
  a. 
  m. 
  on 
  the 
  17th 
  

   we 
  commenced 
  to 
  coal, 
  taking 
  on 
  board 
  53 
  tons. 
  We 
  remained 
  in 
  port 
  

   taking 
  in 
  laboratory 
  stores, 
  fitting 
  trawl 
  nets, 
  and 
  making 
  general 
  re- 
  

   pairs 
  until 
  1.10 
  p. 
  m. 
  on 
  August 
  27, 
  when 
  we 
  cast 
  off 
  from 
  the 
  Fish 
  Com- 
  

   mission 
  wharf 
  and 
  stood 
  out 
  to 
  sea. 
  The 
  weather 
  was 
  clear 
  and 
  pleas- 
  

   ant, 
  with 
  a 
  light 
  NW. 
  breeze. 
  At 
  12.19 
  p. 
  m. 
  on 
  the 
  2Sth 
  we 
  sounded 
  

   in 
  2,069 
  fathoms, 
  latitude 
  38° 
  19' 
  20" 
  N., 
  longitude 
  69° 
  02' 
  30" 
  W., 
  and 
  

   put 
  over 
  the 
  large 
  beam-trawl. 
  It 
  came 
  up 
  comparatively 
  empty, 
  con- 
  

   taining 
  only 
  shrimp 
  and 
  small 
  fish, 
  it 
  probably 
  having 
  skipped 
  along 
  

   the 
  bottom, 
  touching 
  only 
  now 
  and 
  then, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  current 
  of 
  the 
  

   Gulf 
  Stream. 
  Serial 
  temperatures 
  were 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  evening 
  to 
  1,000 
  

   S. 
  Mis. 
  70 
  3 
  

  

  