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56 REPORT OV COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [Ill] 



DREDGING STATIONS OF THE ITALIAN STEAMER WASH- 

 INGTON IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, 1881. 



The Washington was under the command of Commander G. B. Mag- 

 naghi, of the Italian navy, and the dredgings were under the direction 

 of Prof. Enrico Hillyer Giglioli. The report from which these positions 

 are taken was published in the Report of the Third International Geo- 

 graphical Congress ("Terzo Congresso Geografico Internazionale") held 

 in Venice in 1SS1, published in Rome 1882. 



Dredqings by the Italian steamer Washington, 1881. 



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Date. 



1881. 

 Aug. 2 

 Aug. 3 

 Aug. 3 



Aug. 

 Aug. 



Aug. 



Au«. 

 Aug. 

 Aug. 



Aug. 



Aug. 



Aug. 10 

 Aug. 10 

 Aug. 11 

 Aug. 13 



Aug. 13 



Aug. 13 

 Aug. 14 

 Aug. 14 



Aug. 14 

 Aiiir. 15 

 Aug. 15 

 Aug. 15 

 Aug. 1G 

 Aug. 16 

 Aug. 16 

 Aug. 16 

 Aug. 17 

 Aug. 17 



Aug. 18 

 Aug. 18 

 Aug. 19 

 Aug. 19 



Aug. 26 

 Aug. 26 

 Aug. 26 

 Aug. 27 



Aug. 28 



Aug. 28 

 Aug. 28 



Aug. 29 



to 

 Sept. 2 



Latitude 

 north. 



Longi- 

 tude east 

 Green- 

 wich. 



41 08 45 



41 02 48 



to 



41 05 01 

 41 10 27 

 41 15 09 

 41 10 00 

 41 13 10 

 41 14 38 



8 34 21 



8 32 20 



to 



8 32 23 

 8 15 41 

 8 10 41 



8 12 00 

 8 12 21 

 8 18 05 



Depth. 



Fathoms. 



4^7 



246 



86 



202-230 



92-155 



1,176 



12S-303 

 1,094 

 1,173 



41 24 42 7 43 2S I 



39 20 58 

 39 40 40 

 39 43 28 

 39 49 40 

 39 58 32 



9 3' 

 9 54 



9 50 

 9 49 



9 48 



08 



Depth. 



1, 531 



1,553 



1,588 

 1, 534 

 1,590 



278 



359 



422-470 

 875 

 221 



450 



225 

 615 

 208 

 849 



341-477 



33 



216 



281-514 

 979 



1,142-1,307 

 1. 220 

 1, 703 

 1 , 985 



22:;-2;;5 



87-197 



585 



1,982 



219 



450 

 437 



n 



Meters. 



800 

 450 

 157 



370-420 



108-284 



2,150 



235-555 



2,000 



2,145 



2,800 



2,810 



2,90'. 



2, 8 I "> 

 2, 908 



508 



656 



772-860 



1,600 



404 



822 



412 



1,125 



381 



1,553 



623-856 



60 



395 



514-940 



1,790 



2. 183-2, 390 



2, 247 



3, 115 

 3, 630 



407-430 



159-360 



1,070 



3, 624 



400 



823 

 800 



Nature of bot- 

 tom. 



Locality. 



Mud 



Vervfine imid 

 Mud 



Madrepores 



... do 



Mud(?) 



Madrepores 



Dredge lost 



Fine tenacious 



yellow mud. 

 Tenacious mud . 

 Grayish -yellow 



mud. 



Mud 



Tenacious mud . 

 Orerlge empty .. 

 Mud 



...do 



...do 



Yellow mud 



Sandy mud 



Yellowish mud . 

 Dredge empty 



Mud 



Mud ; dredgelost 



Yellow mud 



...do 



Sand; algas 



Mud ....' 



Rooky 



Tenacious mud . 



Mud . 

 ...do 



Mud . 

 ....do 



Sand and yellow 

 mint. 



Mud 



Banks produc- 

 ing precious 

 coral. 



North of Sardinia. 



Do. 

 Northwest of Sar- 

 dinia. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 



West of Sardinia. 

 Southwest of Sar- 

 dinia. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 East of Sardinia. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Between Sardinia 

 and Naples. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 South of Naples. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Between Naples 



and Sicilj . 

 West of Sicily. 



Do. 

 Do. 



Between Sicily and 



Africa. 



* About 110 fathoms, 

 t About 200 meters. 



