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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [3G] 
  

  

  we 
  had 
  reached 
  the 
  limit 
  of 
  time 
  assigned 
  for 
  the 
  trip, 
  the 
  speed 
  was 
  

   increased 
  and 
  the 
  ship 
  headed 
  for 
  Wood's 
  Holl, 
  under 
  steam 
  and 
  sail. 
  

  

  The 
  surface 
  net 
  and 
  submarine 
  light 
  were 
  used 
  during 
  the 
  gale 
  until 
  

   the 
  naturalists 
  became 
  discouraged 
  by 
  their 
  failure 
  to 
  procure 
  speci- 
  

   mens. 
  All 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  forms 
  usually 
  taken 
  in 
  vast 
  numbers 
  on 
  the 
  

   surface, 
  particularly 
  in 
  the 
  mornings 
  and 
  evenings, 
  seemed 
  to 
  have 
  dis- 
  

   appeared 
  ; 
  even 
  the 
  Gulf 
  weed 
  sunk 
  below 
  the 
  surface, 
  being 
  seen 
  a 
  few 
  

   fathoms 
  under 
  water. 
  We 
  have 
  always 
  noted 
  a 
  marked 
  diminution 
  in 
  

   the 
  surface 
  forms 
  taken 
  in 
  rough 
  weather, 
  but 
  in 
  this 
  instance 
  there 
  

   was 
  almost 
  a 
  total 
  disappearance. 
  

  

  We 
  arrived 
  in 
  port 
  at 
  6.30 
  a. 
  in., 
  September 
  25, 
  and 
  moored 
  to 
  the 
  

   Fish 
  Commission 
  wharf. 
  The 
  specimens 
  were 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  laboratory 
  

   during 
  the 
  day. 
  

  

  The 
  boilers 
  required 
  some 
  slight 
  repairs, 
  which 
  were 
  completed 
  about 
  

   October 
  1, 
  when 
  preparations 
  were 
  made 
  for 
  leaving 
  the 
  station 
  for 
  the 
  

   season, 
  and 
  all 
  articles 
  of 
  equipment 
  and 
  scientific 
  outfit 
  which 
  were 
  

   not 
  to 
  be 
  left 
  at 
  Wood's 
  Holl 
  for 
  the 
  winter 
  were 
  taken 
  on 
  board. 
  

   Ninety 
  tons 
  of 
  coal 
  were 
  taken 
  in 
  on 
  the 
  6th, 
  and 
  at 
  9.30 
  a. 
  m., 
  October 
  

   8, 
  we 
  cast 
  off 
  from 
  the 
  wharf 
  and 
  started 
  for 
  Newport, 
  E. 
  I., 
  where 
  we 
  

   arrived 
  at 
  3.20 
  p. 
  m., 
  and 
  anchored 
  in 
  the 
  inner 
  harbor. 
  The 
  electric 
  

   torpedo 
  apparatus 
  borrowed 
  from 
  the 
  torpedo 
  station 
  for 
  use 
  on 
  our 
  

   Newfoundland 
  trip 
  was 
  returned 
  and 
  proper 
  acknowledgments 
  made 
  

   to 
  the 
  commandant. 
  

  

  At 
  7.30 
  a. 
  m. 
  on 
  the 
  9th 
  we 
  got 
  under 
  way 
  and 
  steamed 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  

   harbor 
  bound 
  for 
  New 
  York 
  via 
  Long 
  Island 
  Sound. 
  Fresh 
  northerly 
  

   winds 
  were 
  encountered 
  during 
  the 
  day 
  with 
  cool 
  weather. 
  We 
  an- 
  

   chored 
  off 
  Great 
  Captain's 
  Island 
  at 
  9 
  p. 
  m., 
  got 
  under 
  way 
  at 
  daylight 
  

   the 
  following 
  morning, 
  and 
  auchored 
  off 
  23d 
  street, 
  North 
  Elver, 
  at 
  

   10.25 
  a. 
  m. 
  The 
  Albatross 
  was 
  among 
  the 
  last 
  vessels 
  to 
  pass 
  through 
  

   Hell 
  Gate 
  previous 
  to 
  the 
  explosion 
  of 
  Flood 
  Eock, 
  which 
  occurred 
  at 
  

   11.14 
  a. 
  m. 
  The 
  explosion 
  was 
  not 
  noticed 
  on 
  board, 
  and 
  we 
  did 
  not 
  

   know 
  that 
  it 
  had 
  taken 
  place 
  until 
  information 
  to 
  that 
  effect 
  was 
  re- 
  

   ceived 
  from 
  shore. 
  

  

  An 
  officer 
  came 
  on 
  board 
  from 
  the 
  French 
  flagship 
  Flore 
  soon 
  after 
  

   we 
  anchored, 
  with 
  the 
  admiral's 
  compliments, 
  and 
  tendered 
  the 
  usual 
  

   civilities. 
  The 
  call 
  was 
  returned 
  on 
  the 
  12th. 
  

  

  ■ 
  

  

  We 
  called 
  at 
  New 
  York 
  for 
  stores 
  and 
  various 
  articles 
  of 
  equipment 
  

   which 
  could 
  be 
  procured 
  to 
  better 
  advantage 
  there 
  than 
  in 
  Washing- 
  

   tou. 
  An 
  ample 
  supply 
  of 
  fresh 
  menhaden 
  bait 
  was 
  taken 
  on 
  board 
  for 
  

   use 
  in 
  our 
  search 
  for 
  tile-fish, 
  which 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  extended 
  to 
  the 
  south- 
  

   ward 
  of 
  Cape 
  Hatteras. 
  

  

  We 
  remained 
  at 
  our 
  anchorage 
  until 
  11.10 
  a. 
  m. 
  on 
  the 
  15th, 
  when 
  we 
  

   got 
  under 
  way 
  and 
  proceeded 
  to 
  sea. 
  The 
  weather 
  was 
  pleasant, 
  with 
  

   moderate 
  westerly 
  winds. 
  We 
  were 
  under 
  steam 
  and 
  sail 
  till 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  morning, 
  when 
  the 
  engines 
  were 
  slowed 
  down 
  to 
  allow 
  of 
  sur- 
  

   face 
  towing, 
  which 
  has 
  recently 
  been 
  a 
  marked 
  feature 
  in 
  our 
  invest 
  1 
  !- 
  

  

  