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  WOftK 
  OF 
  THE 
  LOOKOUT. 
  

  

  09 
  

  

  drometer 
  No. 
  5247, 
  took 
  the 
  density 
  aud 
  temperature 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  at 
  

   the 
  following 
  places 
  : 
  

  

  Date. 
  

  

  1885. 
  

   July 
  14 
  

   July 
  14 
  

   July 
  14 
  

   July 
  15 
  

  

  Locality. 
  

  

  Off 
  Tangier 
  Island 
  

  

  At 
  pound 
  nets 
  near 
  Fortress 
  Monroe 
  

  

  At 
  nioutli 
  of 
  Cherrystone 
  Creek 
  

  

  A 
  t 
  Poole. 
  Island 
  

  

  Density. 
  

  

  1.0122 
  

   1.0140 
  

  

  1.0184 
  

   1. 
  0034 
  

  

  Tempera- 
  

   ture. 
  

  

  77 
  

  

  On 
  July 
  10 
  left 
  Battery 
  Station, 
  stopped 
  at 
  Havre 
  de 
  Grace, 
  coaled 
  

   ship, 
  and 
  started 
  for 
  New 
  York, 
  going 
  by 
  way 
  of 
  the 
  Chesapeake 
  and 
  

   Delaware 
  Canal 
  to 
  the 
  Delaware 
  River, 
  then 
  down 
  Delaware 
  Bay 
  aud 
  

   along 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  reaching 
  New 
  York 
  on 
  the 
  18th. 
  At 
  1 
  

   1). 
  m. 
  of 
  this 
  day 
  Assistaut 
  Commissioner 
  Ferguson 
  came 
  on 
  board, 
  and 
  

   we 
  proceeded 
  up 
  East 
  River 
  aud 
  Long 
  Island 
  Sound 
  to 
  Wood's 
  Holl, 
  

   Mass., 
  touching 
  at 
  New 
  London, 
  Bristol, 
  and 
  Newport, 
  taking 
  in 
  coal 
  

   at 
  the 
  latter 
  place, 
  and 
  arriving 
  at 
  Wood's 
  Holl 
  on 
  the 
  20th, 
  where 
  we 
  

   awaited 
  orders 
  until 
  the 
  28th. 
  

  

  On 
  July 
  28 
  went 
  to 
  Clark's 
  Cove, 
  near 
  New 
  Bedford, 
  took 
  scow 
  in 
  

   tow, 
  and 
  returned 
  to 
  Wood's 
  Holl. 
  The 
  scow 
  was 
  towed 
  back 
  on 
  

   August 
  5. 
  

  

  On 
  July 
  29 
  took 
  out 
  a 
  party 
  of 
  four 
  scientists 
  of 
  the 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  

   to 
  No 
  Man's 
  Laud 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  catching 
  swordtish, 
  and 
  returned 
  

   to 
  Wood's 
  Holl 
  at 
  5.30 
  p. 
  m. 
  

  

  On 
  July 
  31 
  left 
  for 
  New 
  Haven, 
  where 
  we 
  took 
  on 
  board 
  20 
  bushels 
  

   of 
  oysters 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  at 
  Wood's 
  Holl 
  for 
  spawning 
  purposes, 
  aud 
  re- 
  

   turned 
  to 
  Wood's 
  Holl 
  on 
  August 
  2, 
  stopping 
  at 
  New 
  London 
  on 
  the 
  

   way. 
  The 
  density 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  off 
  Southwest 
  Ledge, 
  New 
  Haven 
  har- 
  

   bor, 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  1.0204. 
  

  

  On 
  August 
  7 
  left 
  Wood's 
  Holl 
  with 
  Assistant 
  Commissioner 
  T. 
  B. 
  

   Ferguson 
  and 
  Prof. 
  G. 
  Brown 
  Goode 
  on 
  board, 
  and 
  steamed 
  out 
  to 
  

   No 
  Man's 
  Land 
  looking 
  for 
  swordtish, 
  but 
  found 
  none. 
  On 
  the 
  8th 
  

   went 
  off 
  towards 
  Southwest 
  Ledge 
  hunting 
  unsuccessfully 
  for 
  sword- 
  

   fish, 
  aud 
  at 
  night 
  returned 
  to 
  Wood's 
  Holl, 
  where 
  we 
  awaited 
  orders 
  

   till 
  the 
  12th. 
  

  

  On 
  August 
  12 
  left 
  Wood's 
  Holl 
  for 
  New 
  York, 
  arrived 
  there 
  on 
  the 
  

   14th, 
  and 
  reported 
  for 
  duty 
  to 
  E. 
  G. 
  Blackford, 
  a 
  fish 
  commissioner 
  of 
  

   the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  to 
  assist 
  him 
  in 
  making 
  an 
  investigation 
  of 
  the 
  

   oyster-beds 
  in 
  different 
  parts 
  of 
  Long 
  Island 
  Sound, 
  Prince's 
  Bay, 
  Kill 
  

   von 
  Kull, 
  and 
  Hudson 
  River. 
  Several 
  trips 
  were 
  made 
  to 
  these 
  points, 
  

   and 
  the 
  vessel 
  was 
  engaged 
  in 
  this 
  duty 
  till 
  August 
  27.* 
  

  

  On 
  August 
  28 
  left 
  New 
  York 
  for 
  Wood's 
  Holl, 
  stopping 
  at 
  Newport 
  

   to 
  get 
  a 
  refrigerator, 
  which 
  was 
  delivered 
  at 
  the 
  Wood's 
  Holl 
  Station 
  

   on 
  the 
  29th. 
  From 
  this 
  time 
  to 
  September 
  5 
  were 
  making 
  arrangements 
  

  

  For 
  report 
  on 
  this 
  subject, 
  see 
  article 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Blackford 
  in 
  this 
  volume. 
  

  

  