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  WORK 
  OF 
  STEAMER 
  ALBATROSS, 
  35- 
  

  

  numbers 
  of 
  grenadiers, 
  starfish, 
  sea-urchins, 
  Acanella, 
  a 
  few 
  small 
  mm 
  

   tilus, 
  several 
  shrimp, 
  and 
  a 
  quantity 
  of 
  foraminifera 
  were 
  procured. 
  

   Serial 
  temperatures 
  were 
  taken 
  to 
  1,000 
  fathoms 
  in 
  the 
  evening, 
  and 
  the 
  

   large 
  surface 
  tow-net 
  and 
  submarine 
  electric 
  light 
  used, 
  as 
  usual, 
  with 
  

   excellent 
  results. 
  The 
  weather 
  continued 
  overcast 
  and 
  rainy 
  during 
  the 
  

   forenoon, 
  but 
  cleared 
  later 
  in 
  the 
  day. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  morning 
  of 
  the 
  2d 
  instant 
  the 
  large 
  beam-trawl 
  was 
  put? 
  

   over 
  in 
  1,769 
  fathoms, 
  latitude 
  40° 
  29' 
  N., 
  longitude 
  66° 
  04' 
  W., 
  and 
  <m 
  

   being 
  landed 
  on 
  deck 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  badly 
  torn. 
  A 
  few 
  shrimp, 
  a 
  

   lump 
  of 
  red 
  clay, 
  some 
  heavy 
  stones, 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  foraminifer- 
  

   ous 
  ooze 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  net. 
  The 
  small 
  beam-trawl 
  was 
  put 
  over 
  in 
  

   the 
  afternoon 
  in 
  1,742 
  fathoms, 
  latitude 
  40° 
  34' 
  18" 
  N., 
  longitude 
  66° 
  

   09' 
  W., 
  and 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  starfish, 
  sea-urchins, 
  sponges, 
  and 
  a 
  quantity 
  

   of 
  foraminifera 
  were 
  brought 
  up. 
  We 
  took 
  a 
  set 
  of 
  serial 
  temperatures 
  

   to 
  1,000 
  fathoms 
  in 
  the 
  evening, 
  and 
  the 
  large 
  surface 
  tow-net 
  and 
  sub- 
  

   marine 
  electric 
  light 
  were 
  used 
  with 
  good 
  results. 
  

  

  At 
  7.19 
  a. 
  m., 
  on 
  the 
  3d, 
  we 
  put 
  the 
  large 
  beam-trawl 
  over 
  in 
  1,791 
  

   fathoms, 
  latitude 
  41° 
  02' 
  30" 
  K, 
  longitude 
  65° 
  08' 
  15" 
  W. 
  While 
  drag- 
  

   ging 
  on 
  the 
  bottom 
  it 
  caught 
  on 
  some 
  obstruction 
  and 
  parted 
  the 
  rope 
  

   near 
  the 
  end, 
  the 
  trawl 
  and 
  its 
  appurtenances 
  being 
  lost. 
  The 
  small 
  

   beam-trawl 
  was 
  lowered 
  at 
  1.43 
  p. 
  m. 
  in 
  1,710 
  fathoms, 
  latitude 
  41° 
  07' 
  

   N., 
  longitude 
  65° 
  26' 
  20" 
  W., 
  and 
  brought 
  up 
  several 
  grenadiers, 
  brittle- 
  

   stars, 
  holothurians, 
  one 
  large 
  red 
  shrimp, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  specimens 
  of 
  coral. 
  

   Serial 
  temperatures 
  were 
  then 
  taken 
  to 
  1,000 
  fathoms. 
  The 
  large 
  sur- 
  

   face 
  tow-net 
  and 
  the 
  electric 
  light 
  were 
  used 
  during 
  the 
  evening. 
  Three 
  

   large 
  steamers 
  were 
  seen 
  during 
  the 
  day, 
  two 
  bound 
  to 
  the 
  eastward 
  

   and 
  one 
  to 
  the 
  westward. 
  We 
  exchanged 
  colors 
  with 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  former, 
  

   a 
  German. 
  

  

  We 
  worked 
  well 
  within 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  the 
  Gulf 
  Stream 
  after 
  the 
  28th, 
  

   and 
  it 
  is 
  worthy 
  of 
  remark 
  that 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  haul 
  made 
  on 
  

   that 
  date, 
  we 
  experienced 
  no 
  easterly 
  current. 
  On 
  the 
  contrary 
  we 
  at 
  

   times 
  observed 
  a 
  slight 
  set 
  to 
  the 
  southward 
  and 
  westward. 
  The 
  Stream 
  

   was 
  probably 
  affected 
  by 
  the 
  cyclone 
  of 
  the 
  25th 
  and 
  26th 
  of 
  August. 
  

  

  Five 
  hauls 
  of 
  the 
  small 
  beam-trawl 
  were 
  made 
  during 
  the 
  afternoon 
  

   of 
  September 
  4, 
  in 
  from 
  18 
  to 
  85 
  fathoms, 
  along 
  the 
  southern 
  and 
  west- 
  

   ern 
  part 
  of 
  George's 
  Bank, 
  numerous 
  starfish, 
  a 
  large 
  quantity 
  of 
  bryo- 
  

   zoa, 
  shells, 
  scallops, 
  sand-dollars, 
  shrimp, 
  sea-anemones, 
  sea-urchins, 
  

   pole-flounders, 
  and 
  sculpins 
  being 
  the 
  result. 
  

  

  At 
  10 
  p. 
  m. 
  we 
  started 
  for 
  Wood's 
  Holl, 
  where 
  we 
  arrived 
  at 
  9.05 
  

   a. 
  m., 
  September 
  5th, 
  and 
  made 
  fast 
  to 
  the 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  wharf. 
  

   The 
  specimens 
  procured 
  during 
  the 
  trip 
  were 
  transferred 
  to 
  the 
  labora- 
  

   tory. 
  We 
  coaled 
  ship 
  on 
  the 
  7th, 
  taking 
  on 
  board 
  92 
  2 
  9 
  2 
  ° 
  4 
  ° 
  tons, 
  and 
  were 
  

   engaged 
  in 
  overhauling 
  rigging, 
  making 
  trawl-nets, 
  renewing 
  splices 
  on 
  

   the 
  dredge-rope, 
  and 
  making 
  general 
  preparations 
  for 
  a 
  trip, 
  until 
  4 
  

   p. 
  m., 
  September 
  17th, 
  when 
  we 
  cast 
  off 
  from 
  the 
  wharf 
  and 
  proceeded 
  

   to 
  sea. 
  

  

  