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  REPOET 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [38] 
  

  

  After 
  finishing 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  evening 
  we 
  stood 
  slowly 
  to 
  the 
  westward, 
  

   and 
  at 
  6 
  a. 
  m. 
  on 
  the 
  19th 
  the 
  trawl 
  was 
  cast 
  in 
  18 
  fathoms, 
  fine 
  gray 
  

   sand, 
  latitude 
  31° 
  3S' 
  X., 
  longitude 
  76° 
  12' 
  W. 
  Eight 
  hauls 
  were 
  made 
  

   during 
  the 
  day 
  between 
  the 
  above 
  position 
  and 
  latitude 
  34° 
  09' 
  N. 
  t 
  

   longitude 
  76° 
  02' 
  W., 
  the 
  results 
  being 
  practically 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  

   previous 
  day. 
  

  

  A 
  trawl 
  line 
  was 
  set 
  at 
  1.10 
  p. 
  m. 
  in 
  108 
  fathoms, 
  gray 
  sand 
  and 
  black 
  

   specks, 
  latitude 
  34° 
  09' 
  N., 
  longitude 
  76° 
  02' 
  W., 
  and 
  was 
  taken 
  up 
  at 
  

   5.50 
  p. 
  m. 
  with 
  no 
  fish. 
  The 
  surface 
  tow-nets 
  were 
  used 
  with 
  good 
  

   results 
  both 
  in 
  the 
  morning 
  and 
  evening. 
  At 
  6.17 
  a. 
  m. 
  on 
  the 
  20th 
  

   we 
  cast 
  the 
  trawl 
  in 
  18 
  fathoms, 
  gray 
  sand, 
  latitude 
  33° 
  45' 
  N., 
  longi- 
  

   tude 
  77° 
  25' 
  W., 
  and 
  made 
  nine 
  hauls 
  during 
  the 
  day 
  between 
  the 
  

   above 
  position 
  and 
  latitude 
  33° 
  37' 
  15" 
  K, 
  longitude 
  77° 
  35' 
  30" 
  W., 
  on 
  

   the 
  northeast 
  extremity 
  of 
  Frying-Pan 
  Shoals, 
  where 
  numerous 
  coral 
  

   patches 
  were 
  found 
  abounding 
  in 
  marine 
  life. 
  Several 
  species 
  of 
  coral 
  

   and 
  shells, 
  both 
  dead 
  and 
  alive, 
  were 
  taken, 
  besides 
  sponges, 
  hydroids, 
  

   Crustacea 
  of 
  many 
  forms, 
  and 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  shoal- 
  water 
  fish. 
  

  

  A 
  trawl 
  line 
  was 
  set 
  at 
  3 
  p. 
  m. 
  in 
  15 
  fathoms, 
  gray 
  sand 
  and 
  broken 
  

   coral, 
  latitude 
  33° 
  38' 
  X., 
  longitude 
  77° 
  36' 
  W., 
  and 
  taken 
  up 
  at 
  5.20 
  

   p. 
  in., 
  with 
  12 
  black 
  bass, 
  2 
  scup, 
  1 
  dogfish, 
  1 
  grunt, 
  and 
  1 
  bluefish. 
  

   Hand-lines 
  were 
  used 
  at 
  intervals 
  during 
  the 
  day, 
  taking 
  138 
  black 
  

   bass, 
  1 
  scup, 
  1 
  dogfish, 
  and 
  1 
  grunt. 
  The 
  vessel 
  was 
  not 
  anchored, 
  

   but 
  allowed 
  to 
  drift, 
  the 
  fish 
  being 
  taken 
  while 
  passing 
  over 
  coral 
  

   patches 
  or 
  live 
  bottom. 
  The 
  surface-net 
  was 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  evening 
  with 
  

   good 
  success, 
  and 
  the 
  submarine 
  electric 
  light 
  was 
  tried, 
  but 
  contrary 
  

   to 
  our 
  usual 
  experience 
  we 
  obtained 
  very 
  few 
  specimens. 
  

  

  We 
  steamed 
  off 
  shore 
  during 
  the 
  night, 
  and 
  at 
  6.27 
  a. 
  m. 
  on 
  the 
  21st 
  

   cast 
  the 
  trawl 
  in 
  258 
  fathoms, 
  gray 
  sand 
  and 
  black 
  specks, 
  latitude 
  32° 
  

   36' 
  N., 
  longitude 
  77° 
  29' 
  15" 
  W. 
  Five 
  hauls 
  were 
  made 
  during 
  the 
  day 
  

   between 
  the 
  above 
  position 
  and 
  latitude 
  32° 
  21' 
  30" 
  N., 
  longitude 
  76° 
  

   55' 
  30" 
  W., 
  in 
  528 
  fathoms, 
  yellow 
  mud. 
  We 
  were 
  within 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  

   the 
  Gulf 
  Stream, 
  but 
  experienced 
  little 
  or 
  no 
  current 
  during 
  the 
  first 
  

   two 
  hauls; 
  a 
  light 
  but 
  perceptible 
  drift 
  during 
  the 
  third, 
  and 
  the 
  last 
  

   two 
  were 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  full 
  strength 
  of 
  the 
  Stream. 
  The 
  results 
  of 
  the 
  

   day's 
  work 
  were 
  very 
  satisfactory, 
  many 
  rare 
  and 
  valuable 
  specimens 
  

   being 
  taken, 
  some 
  entirely 
  new 
  to 
  us. 
  Among 
  the 
  numerous 
  forms 
  

   were 
  many 
  soft 
  sea-urchins, 
  hermit-crabs, 
  long-spined 
  sea-urchins, 
  

   corals, 
  cephalopods, 
  crabs, 
  and 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  fish. 
  The 
  surface-nets 
  

   were 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  morning, 
  and 
  after 
  the 
  last 
  haul 
  serial 
  tempera- 
  

   tures 
  were 
  taken. 
  The 
  weather 
  changed 
  during 
  the 
  night 
  of 
  the 
  20th, 
  

   and 
  rain-squalls 
  with 
  variable 
  winds 
  were 
  encountered 
  on 
  the 
  21st, 
  the 
  

   wind 
  increasing 
  until 
  at 
  dark 
  we 
  had 
  quite 
  a 
  heavy 
  sea. 
  

  

  Our 
  supply 
  of 
  alcohol 
  being 
  exhausted, 
  we 
  started 
  for 
  port 
  at 
  7.14 
  

   p. 
  m., 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  day 
  was 
  finished. 
  The 
  wind 
  contin- 
  

   ued 
  fresh 
  from 
  northeast 
  during 
  the 
  night, 
  and 
  being 
  in 
  the 
  Stream 
  a 
  

  

  