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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
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  ill 
  the 
  same 
  place, 
  but 
  without 
  result, 
  not 
  eveu 
  a 
  dogfish 
  being 
  taken. 
  

   From 
  this 
  station 
  we 
  gradually 
  worked 
  south 
  toward 
  Cape 
  Hatteras. 
  

   Life 
  was 
  fouud 
  to 
  be 
  less 
  and 
  less 
  abundant 
  as 
  we 
  proceeded. 
  Cancer 
  

   borealis 
  and 
  Eupagurus 
  politus,the 
  latter 
  in 
  the 
  shells 
  of 
  Neptunea, 
  were 
  

   common. 
  The 
  bottom 
  in 
  this 
  region 
  to 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  100 
  fathoms 
  seems 
  

   to 
  be 
  a 
  drift 
  unsuitable 
  for 
  sponges, 
  corals, 
  and 
  other 
  things 
  which 
  af- 
  

   ford 
  hiding-places 
  for 
  small 
  fish 
  and 
  the 
  iuvertebrates, 
  upon 
  which 
  they 
  

   feed. 
  The 
  bottom 
  is 
  composed 
  of 
  sand 
  and 
  mud 
  mixed 
  with 
  many 
  

   broken 
  shells 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  living 
  ones. 
  Worms 
  belonging 
  principally 
  to 
  

   the 
  Nephthydidai 
  and 
  Lumbricuneridai 
  are 
  not 
  uncommon. 
  A 
  few 
  of 
  

   the 
  larger 
  forms 
  of 
  foraminifera 
  are 
  also 
  found. 
  Hand-lines 
  were 
  used 
  

   in 
  the 
  afternoon 
  of 
  the 
  5th. 
  Two 
  specimens 
  of 
  Gaulolatilus 
  chrysops 
  

   Gill, 
  an 
  Epinephelm, 
  and 
  several 
  specimens 
  of 
  ISerramis 
  were 
  caught. 
  

   Among 
  the 
  surface 
  animals 
  taken 
  was 
  Argonauta 
  argo. 
  An 
  effort 
  was 
  

   made 
  to 
  keep 
  this 
  alive, 
  but 
  did 
  not 
  succeed. 
  The 
  ship 
  arrived 
  in 
  

   Washington 
  on 
  the 
  Sth. 
  

  

  The 
  Albatross 
  left 
  Washington 
  on 
  its 
  third 
  cruise 
  on 
  the 
  13th 
  of 
  

   June. 
  After 
  taking 
  in 
  bait 
  at 
  Newport, 
  R. 
  1., 
  it 
  cruised 
  to 
  the 
  eastward 
  

   and 
  then 
  north, 
  putting 
  in 
  to 
  St. 
  John's, 
  Newfoundland, 
  making 
  various 
  

   soundings 
  and 
  dredgings 
  on 
  the 
  way. 
  After 
  a 
  stay 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  at 
  

   St. 
  John's 
  the 
  ship 
  cruised 
  about 
  the 
  Banks, 
  dredging 
  when 
  possible. 
  

   Very 
  often 
  the 
  nets 
  of 
  the 
  trawls 
  and 
  dredges 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  bottom 
  

   so 
  badly 
  torn 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  necessary 
  to 
  replace 
  them 
  before 
  more 
  work 
  

   could 
  be 
  done. 
  In 
  many 
  places 
  the 
  bottom 
  was 
  covered 
  with 
  bowlders 
  

   of 
  different 
  sizes; 
  in 
  others 
  it 
  was 
  smooth 
  aud 
  sandy 
  ; 
  in 
  sueh 
  places 
  

   Ecliinarachnius 
  parmawere 
  taken 
  in 
  large 
  numbers, 
  with 
  now 
  and 
  then 
  

   a 
  hermit 
  crab, 
  small 
  flounders, 
  and 
  sculpins. 
  During 
  this 
  cruise 
  one 
  

   hundred 
  and 
  nine 
  hauls 
  were 
  made. 
  The 
  invertebrates 
  were 
  for 
  the 
  

   most 
  part 
  well 
  known. 
  The 
  notes 
  on 
  the 
  fish 
  and 
  the 
  fishermen 
  were 
  

   made 
  by 
  Captain 
  Collins, 
  and 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  written 
  out 
  at 
  some 
  future 
  day. 
  

   The 
  Albatross 
  reached 
  Wood's 
  Holl 
  on 
  the 
  16th 
  of 
  July. 
  

  

  The 
  Albatross 
  put 
  to 
  sea 
  from 
  Wood's 
  Holl 
  for 
  a 
  short 
  cruise 
  on 
  the 
  

   tile-fish 
  ground 
  in 
  the 
  evening 
  of 
  August 
  6th, 
  and 
  returned 
  on 
  the 
  12th, 
  

   having 
  made 
  twenty-eight 
  hauls 
  with 
  the 
  trawl, 
  and 
  having 
  set 
  the 
  

   long 
  trawl 
  line 
  five 
  times. 
  Collecting 
  on 
  the 
  surface 
  was 
  carried 
  on 
  with 
  

   good 
  result. 
  Squid 
  and 
  flying-fishes 
  were 
  taken 
  with 
  the 
  aid 
  of 
  the 
  

   electrie 
  light. 
  A 
  dolphin 
  (Delphinus 
  delphis) 
  was 
  harpooned 
  by 
  Mr. 
  (.1. 
  

   A. 
  Miller. 
  This 
  being 
  a 
  common 
  speeies 
  it 
  was 
  turned 
  over 
  to 
  Dr. 
  

   Libbey 
  for 
  histological 
  purposes. 
  

  

  The 
  eruise 
  of 
  the 
  Albatross 
  beginning 
  August 
  27 
  and 
  ending 
  Sep- 
  

   tember 
  5 
  is 
  of 
  especial 
  interest 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  depth 
  of 
  water 
  

   in 
  which 
  the 
  principal 
  dredging 
  was 
  done. 
  The 
  average 
  depth 
  of 
  water 
  

   at 
  the 
  first 
  eleven 
  stations 
  was 
  l,923~j 
  fathoms. 
  At 
  eight 
  of 
  these 
  sta 
  

   tions 
  numerous 
  bottom 
  specimens 
  were 
  obtained. 
  The 
  success 
  of 
  the 
  

   surface 
  collecting 
  was 
  unusual. 
  As 
  heretofore 
  much 
  assistance 
  was 
  

  

  