﻿[23] 
  THE 
  GULF 
  FISHING 
  GROUNDS 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  239 
  

  

  either 
  the 
  tish 
  had, 
  in 
  the 
  mean 
  time, 
  left 
  the 
  ground, 
  or 
  else 
  to 
  find 
  

   them 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  to 
  sound 
  every 
  few 
  fathoms, 
  in 
  fact, 
  to 
  literally 
  

   ' 
  ; 
  try 
  every 
  inch 
  of 
  the 
  bottom." 
  The 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  day's 
  work 
  is 
  given 
  

   in 
  the 
  following 
  table 
  : 
  

  

  [Date, 
  March 
  10. 
  ] 
  

  

  A 
  little 
  after 
  midnight 
  the 
  ship 
  anchored 
  off 
  Egmont 
  Key, 
  and 
  early 
  

   on 
  the 
  morning 
  of 
  the 
  17th 
  got 
  under 
  way 
  and 
  ran 
  into 
  Tampa, 
  going 
  as 
  

   far 
  up 
  the 
  bay 
  as 
  her 
  draught 
  would 
  permit. 
  She 
  anchored 
  off 
  Gadsden 
  

   Point 
  at 
  9.30 
  a. 
  m. 
  While 
  going 
  up 
  the 
  bay 
  arrangements 
  were 
  made 
  

   to 
  go 
  on 
  a 
  seining 
  expedition 
  to 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Manatee 
  Eiver, 
  some 
  5 
  

   miles 
  below 
  the 
  ship's 
  anchorage, 
  on 
  the 
  southeastern 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  bay.* 
  

  

  We 
  noticed, 
  while 
  passing, 
  that 
  there 
  were 
  some 
  beaches 
  about 
  the 
  

   entrance 
  to 
  the 
  river 
  that 
  had 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  being 
  good 
  seine 
  hauls, 
  

   but 
  elsewhere 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  where 
  we 
  anchored 
  the 
  indications 
  were 
  

   not 
  favorable. 
  The 
  capelan 
  seine 
  having 
  been 
  put 
  in 
  the 
  dinghy 
  with 
  

   other 
  necessary 
  articles, 
  before 
  the 
  ship 
  dropped 
  anchor, 
  the 
  boat 
  was 
  

   soon 
  after 
  lowered 
  and 
  a 
  party 
  of 
  us 
  started 
  for 
  the 
  Manatee. 
  Lieu- 
  

   tenant 
  Baker, 
  Ensign 
  Swift, 
  Mr. 
  Lee, 
  three 
  seamen, 
  and 
  myself 
  made 
  up 
  

   the 
  party. 
  

  

  * 
  The 
  charts 
  of 
  this 
  section 
  do 
  not 
  agree 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  location 
  of 
  Manatee 
  River. 
  On 
  

   some 
  of 
  them 
  its 
  month 
  is 
  placed 
  near 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  Tampa 
  Bay. 
  The 
  large-scale 
  

   Coast-Survey 
  chart 
  of 
  the 
  bay 
  is 
  my 
  authority 
  for 
  the 
  location 
  given 
  above, 
  which 
  

   is 
  doubtless 
  the 
  correct 
  one. 
  

  

  