$16 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [44] 



The temperatures of the air were taken, in part, with a Jas. Green, in 

 part with a Signal Service, thermometer; the temperatures of the bottom 

 and surface waters were obtained by means of Negretti and Zambra deep- 

 sea thermometers. The bearings are all magnetic. As the bearings 

 and latitudes and longitudes indicate only the points at which the dredge 

 or trawl was lowered upon the bottom, the direction of the drift of the 

 vessel and the distance gone over in dredging and trawling have been 

 given in most cases, to show the extent of the hauls. The figures in tlie 

 column of u Drift" indicate the distance of the drif b in miles. The abbre- 

 viations in the column of "Apparatus used" have the following significa- 

 tions: D., dredge; K. D., rake-dredge; O. D., oyster-dredge; T., trawl; 

 O. T., otter- trawl; B. T., Blake-trawl; Tan., tangles; C. T., cod-trawl. 



The New York fishing schooner, Josie Beeves, Capt. F. M. Bedmond 

 employed by the Fish Commission to look for the tile fish (Lopholatilus 

 cliameleonticeps) in the neighborhood of the one-hundred fathom line, 

 south of Martha's Vineyard, made five stations in that region, which for 

 convenience sake have been given numbers in the regular series from 

 1145 to 1149, inclusive. She used cod trawl-lines and lobster-pots. 



