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  WORK 
  OF 
  STEAMER 
  ALBATROSS. 
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  any 
  occasion 
  for 
  it. 
  From 
  one 
  haul 
  a 
  barrel 
  of 
  siliceous 
  sponges 
  was 
  

   saved; 
  also 
  very 
  many 
  specimens 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  worm 
  belonging- 
  to 
  the 
  

   family 
  Eunicidse. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  23d 
  of 
  January 
  the 
  Albatross 
  dropped 
  anchor 
  off 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  

   San 
  Miguel, 
  island 
  of 
  Cozumel. 
  After 
  arrangements 
  had 
  been 
  made 
  

   by 
  Captain 
  Tanner 
  with 
  the 
  magistrate 
  of 
  the 
  island 
  the 
  naturalists 
  were 
  

   allowed 
  to 
  go 
  ashore 
  and 
  collect. 
  Duringthe 
  stay 
  of 
  aboutsix 
  days 
  nearly 
  

   two 
  hundred 
  bird-skins 
  were 
  made, 
  and 
  more 
  than 
  that 
  number 
  of 
  birds 
  

   preserved 
  in 
  alcohol. 
  From 
  this 
  collection 
  of 
  birds 
  Mr. 
  Ridgway 
  has 
  

   described 
  sixteen 
  new 
  species 
  and 
  several 
  sub-species. 
  Dr. 
  Bean 
  and 
  

   Captain 
  Collins 
  made 
  several 
  hauls 
  with 
  the 
  seine 
  and 
  captured 
  several 
  

   new 
  species 
  of 
  fish, 
  and 
  also 
  some 
  very 
  desirable 
  known 
  species. 
  The 
  

   reptiles 
  are 
  said 
  by 
  Professor 
  E. 
  D. 
  Cope 
  to 
  be 
  interesting 
  and 
  to 
  indi- 
  

   cate 
  a 
  rich 
  fauna. 
  Only 
  three 
  species 
  of 
  mammals 
  were 
  taken. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  evening 
  of 
  the 
  29th 
  we 
  steamed 
  away 
  from 
  Cozumel, 
  and 
  on 
  

   the 
  30th 
  made 
  seven 
  hauls 
  on 
  Campeche 
  Bank 
  in 
  water 
  from 
  21 
  to 
  

   27 
  fathoms 
  in 
  depth. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  hauls 
  showed 
  good 
  food 
  bottom 
  and 
  

   added 
  some 
  fine 
  invertebrates 
  to 
  our 
  collection. 
  A 
  number 
  of 
  good- 
  

   sized 
  fish 
  were 
  caught 
  with 
  hook 
  and 
  line, 
  after 
  which 
  we 
  left 
  the 
  bank 
  

   and 
  steamed 
  straight 
  to 
  Pensacola, 
  Fla., 
  where 
  we 
  remained 
  several 
  

   days. 
  

  

  A 
  short 
  cruise 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  red-snapper 
  fishing 
  grounds 
  off 
  Pensa- 
  

   cola 
  on 
  the 
  7th 
  of 
  February. 
  Eight 
  hauls 
  were 
  made, 
  which 
  will, 
  I 
  think, 
  

   show 
  the 
  relative 
  abundance 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  invertebrates 
  at 
  this 
  locality. 
  

   From 
  Mr. 
  Silas 
  Stearns, 
  a 
  prominent 
  correspondent 
  of 
  the 
  Fish 
  Com 
  

   mission, 
  living 
  in 
  Pensacola, 
  we 
  learned 
  that 
  while 
  the 
  red 
  snapper 
  

   was 
  not 
  in 
  danger 
  of 
  extermination, 
  as 
  some 
  think, 
  the 
  limited 
  extent 
  of 
  

   its 
  range 
  along 
  the 
  Gulf 
  coast 
  of 
  Florida 
  makes 
  it 
  possible 
  to 
  over-fish, 
  

   and 
  so 
  deplete 
  the 
  waters 
  that 
  it 
  can 
  no 
  longer 
  be 
  sought 
  with 
  profit. 
  

   Already 
  the 
  Pensacola 
  fishermen 
  are 
  obliged 
  to 
  go 
  farther 
  south 
  than 
  

   formerly. 
  Shortly 
  after 
  this, 
  the 
  Albatross 
  sailed 
  for 
  New 
  Orleans, 
  

   where 
  the 
  vessel 
  remained 
  until 
  March 
  1. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  March 
  large 
  collections 
  were 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  

   more 
  southern 
  red-snapper 
  banks 
  of 
  Florida. 
  At 
  Key 
  West 
  Captain 
  

   Collins 
  made 
  a 
  careful 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  which 
  supply 
  that 
  city 
  and 
  

   export 
  fish 
  to 
  Cuba. 
  On 
  the 
  way 
  to 
  Washington 
  an 
  unsuccessful 
  effort 
  

   was 
  made 
  to 
  take 
  tile- 
  fish 
  on 
  around 
  where, 
  from 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  bot- 
  

   tom, 
  depth, 
  &c., 
  we 
  thought 
  it 
  possible 
  that 
  they 
  might 
  live. 
  We 
  ar- 
  

   rived 
  at 
  the 
  Washington 
  navy 
  yard 
  on 
  the 
  6th 
  of 
  April. 
  

  

  The 
  second 
  cruise 
  began 
  on 
  the 
  2d 
  of 
  June 
  at 
  Norfolk, 
  Va., 
  and 
  

   ended 
  at 
  Washington 
  on 
  the 
  8th. 
  The 
  object 
  of 
  this 
  cruise 
  was 
  to 
  

   make 
  trials 
  with 
  the 
  trawl 
  line 
  from 
  Cape 
  Charles 
  to 
  Cape 
  Hatteras 
  in 
  

   water 
  of 
  suitable 
  depth 
  for 
  tile-fish. 
  Early 
  in 
  the 
  morning 
  of 
  the 
  3d 
  

   the 
  ship 
  was 
  70 
  liiiles 
  east 
  of 
  Cape 
  Charles. 
  Here 
  the 
  first 
  hauls 
  were 
  

   made 
  with 
  the 
  beam- 
  trawl, 
  which 
  brought 
  up 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  Muniilce. 
  

   The 
  trawl 
  line, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  baited 
  the 
  night 
  before, 
  was 
  then 
  set 
  

  

  