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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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Date. 



Locality. 



1871. 

 June 30 

 July 3 

 July 8 



July 20 



July 20 



June 29 



a, b, c, d, e,f. Between Nobska Point 

 and Falmouth, and south of Fal- 

 mouth, about 1 mile. 

 Vineyard Sound : 



a, b. About If miles south of Falmouth 



c, d. North of west end of L'Horuine 

 Dieu Shoal. 



a, b, c, d, e. Vineyard Sound, between 

 Waquoit Bay and Falmouth. 



a, b, c, d, e. Vineyard Sound ; a line of 

 dredgings parallel to No. 25, and 

 from £- £■ mile further south. 



a, b. Vineyard Sound, about midway 

 between the western part of 

 L'Honrme Dieu Shoal and the main- 

 land. 

 Vineyard Sound : 



a, b. Off western entrance to channel 

 between L'Honrme Dieu Shoal and 

 Hedge Fence. 



c, d, e,f. South of western end of Hedge 

 Fence. 



a, b, c. Vineyard Sound ; a line parallel 

 to, and just south of, eastern half of 

 Hedge Fence. 



a, b. Mouth of Vineyard Haven, be- 

 tween East and West Chop. 

 Vineyard Sound : 



a, b. Between Hedge Fence and East 

 Chop. 



c, d, e. North of East Chop and off 

 Vineyard Haven. 



a, b, c. Vineyard Sound ; line running 

 east and west, north of eastern half 

 of Hedge Fence. 

 Vineyard Sound : 



a, b. South of eastern end of L'Homme 

 Dieu Shoal. 



c, d. Southeast of same shoal 



a, b, c, d, c,f. Vineyard Sound, between 



eastern end of L'Homme Dieu Shoal 

 and Wreck Shoal. 

 a, b, c, d, e. Vineyard Sound ; line run- 

 ning east and west between Wreck 

 Shoal and 1 mile off Waquoit Bay. 

 a, b, e, d. Nantucket Sound, between 

 Wreck Shoal and Horse-Shoe Shoal. 

 Vineyard Sound, off north side of 

 Martha's Vineyard and nearly 

 parallel with the shore, distant 

 from shore J-J mile : 

 a, b, c, d. Between Martha's Vineyard 

 and Middle Ground. 



e,f,g. Off West Chop 



h, i. Off East Chop 



Vineyard Sound : 



a. About J mile north of center of Mid- 

 dle Ground. 



b, c. Just off center of Middle Ground. . 

 a, b. Vineyard Sound, about midway 



between Nobska Point and Middle 



Ground. 

 a, b, c, d. Vineyard Sound, between 



Wood's Holi and Middle Ground. 

 Vineyard Sound: 

 a. About 1 J miles east of Nobska Point . 

 6. About 1 J- miles southeast of Nobska 



Point. 

 a, b. Vineyard Sound, off Tarpaulin 



Cove. 



Vineyard Sound : 

 a, b, c. Line of dredgings off northern 



half of NaushonPsland, parallel to 



shore, distant about $ mile. 



d. Continuation of same, § mile off 

 Nonaiuesset Island. 



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5A-10 



5-13 



3-5 

 5-13 



5|-13 



5-6 



10-12 



5J-12 



5-7 



10-13 



0-111 



11-12* 



5J-13J 



5-8J 



5-7 



4-72 

 4i-ir»\ 



9-13 

 4i-9 



9?r-m 

 12-13* 



4f-6J 

 10-12 



10J-15I 

 10£-132 



101-11J 



Nature of bottom. 



Gravel, small stones, 

 shells. 



Sand, shells, eel-grass 

 Gravel, shells 



Sand, shells, eel-grass 



Sand, stone3, sea- weeds 



Sand, gravel, small 



stones. 

 Gravel, &c 



Sand, eel-grass, alj: 



Sand, gravel, small 



stones. 

 ....do 



Gravel, &c . 



...do 



...do 



Gravel, hard mud, 

 saud. 



Gravel, shells 



Astrangia, sponges, &c 



Gravel, stones, rocks. 



Bocks, sand 

 Sand, stones 



Gravel . 



...do 



Stones, gravel. 



Gravel, stones, sand. 



Small stones 

 ...do 



Gravel 



Gravel, hard sand. 

 Gravel 



Temperature. 



