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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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Date. 



Locality. 



•3 



A 



Nature of bottom. 



Temperature. 



1871. 



79 



M) 



81 



32 



85 



60 



Sept. 12 



Sept. 12 

 Sept. 9 



Sept. 11 



Sept. 9 



Sept. 13 



a, b, e, d. Buzzard's Bay, westward of 

 Quamquisset Harbor, about l|-2£ 

 miles. 



a, b. Wood's Holl Passage, between 

 Long Neck aud Uncatena Island. 



c,d. West of Long Neck, £-§ mUo 



a, b, c, d. Buzzard's Bay, northward 

 from Woepeeket Island, 14-2 miles, 

 forming a line running about north- 

 east and southwest. 

 Buzzard's Bay, north of northern 

 part of Naushon Island : 



a, b, c. Parallel and near to shore from 

 Uncatena Island to south of Woe- 

 peeket Island. 



d. About west of Woepeeket Island, 

 J mile. 



«,/, g. Northwesterly from Woepeeket; 

 e, £ milo ; /, 1 mile ; g, 1 J miles. 



a, b. Buzzard'sBay,northwardof Woe- 

 peeket Island, 1 j-2| miles. 



Buzzard's Bay, forming a line of dredg- 

 ings parallel to the Elizabeth Islands 

 and distant from them g-| mile. 



a, b, c. Off Naushon Island 



d, e. Off Pasque Island 



/, g, h. Off C uttyhunk Harbor 



a, b, c. Buzzard's Bay, between Quick's 

 Hole and Lone Rock. 



a, b, c, d, c, f. Quick's Hole, between 

 PasquelslandandNashawenalsland. 



a, b, c, d, e. Buzzard's Bay, off northern 

 entrance to Bobisson's Hole. 



74 Sand, gravel, stones . 



I 

 32— Gil Fine gravel 



32-6J 

 7*-8i 



o.i-io; 



Eocks, hard sand. 



Sand, mud 



6} Eocks , 



74-8J Sand and muddy sand 



7.V Mud 



i 

 7-9 



Blue mud 



I ..do 



3-1-5 



32-8£i Gravel, dead weeds, &o 



5J-8J Eocks, gravel, sand 

 3i_ 7i 



In channel between Chappaquiddick 

 Island, Martha's Vineyard, and 

 Hawe's Shoal : 



a. Northern part of channel 



b. Southern part of channel 



Southeasterly from Martha's Vine- 

 yard, 3 J to" 9 mdes: 



a. 10 mdes south from Cape Poge 



b. 13 miles south from Cape Poge 



0. 1^ miles west of b 



South of Martha's Vineyard, 5 to 8 

 miles : 



a. Southeast of Gay Head, 12£ miles.. 



b. Southeast of Gay Head, 8 miles 



Southand south westfrom Gay Head, 



about 5 miles ; northwest of No- 

 man's Land : 



a. 5 miles south-southwest of Gay Head . 



b. 5 miles south of Gay Head 



a, b, c,d. Vineyard Sound, off Gay Head, 



parallel to No. 58, and slightly more 



distant from shore. 

 South and southwest of Gay Head: 



a. Ik miles southwest of Gay Head 



6. 4 "miles southwest of Gay Head . — 



c. 2i miles a little west of south of Gay 

 Head. 



d. 3£ miles a little east of south of Gay 

 Head. * 



West of Gay Head, 2 to 5 miles : 

 a. 3 miles; b, 3 J miles; west of Gay 

 Head. 



c. 4 miles west of Gay Head 



d. 1 mile north-northwest from c 



«. 5 miles a little north of west from 



Gay Head. 



West-southwest of Gay Head, 10 to 

 13 miles: 



a. 13 miles west-southwest from Gay 

 Head. 



b. 10A miles west-southwest from lay 

 Head. 



3i-4J 

 4.J-5 



18J 

 21 



101 



lo.\ 



8-12 



10 



10-10 



13 

 12 



Mud, eel-grass, and 

 dead weeds. 



Black mud 



Blue clay , 



Sand and silicious 

 sponges. 



Sand 



Sandy mud 



04 

 01. 5 



Sand. 

 ...do 



Gravel and stones . 



...do 



Eocky 



Eocks, gravel 

 Sandy mud — 

 Bocks, gravel . 



...do 



Sand 



Soft, sticky mud . 



...do 



...do 



Gravel, 3and, with some 



mud. 

 ....do 



