DREDGING STATIONS OF U. S. FISH COMMISSION. 



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Date. 



1871. 



June 30 

 July 11 

 June 30 



July 20 



June 30 

 June 29 



July 24 



Locality. 



July 24 



June 27 \ 

 June 28 i 



a, b. Off Little Harbor, "Wood's Holl. . . 

 a,b. 0« Little Harbor, "Wood's Holl, 



between Nobska Point and Nona- 



messet Island. 

 a, b, c. Off Great Harbor, Wood's HoU, 



from soutb of buoy R. No. 4 to Great 



Ledge, 

 a, b, c, d, e. Beginning nearly the same 



as No. 3 and extending to beyond 



buoy R. No. 2. 

 "Wood'sHol!: 

 a, b. Southeast of Nonamesset Island, 

 c, d. Between Nonamesset Island and 



Great Ledge. 

 e. Off Mink Point, Nonamesset Island. 



/, g. Mouth of Great Harbor 



Vineyard Sound : 

 a, b. Between Nobska Point and Fal- 

 mouth. 



c. Between Nobska Point and Fal- 

 mouth. 



d. About f mile south of Falmouth 



e. f. Between Falmouth Harbor and 

 "Western end of L'Homme Dieu 

 Shoal. 



a. Lackey's Bay, Vineyard Sound 



6, c, d. Lackey's Bay, Vineyard Sound . 



a, b, c, d, e. /, g. Vineyard Sound, off 

 Nonamesset Island and Wood's Holl. 



a, b, c, d. Vineyard Sound, south of Lit- 

 tle Harbor, Wood's Holl, i to IJ miles 

 from Nobska Point. 

 Wood's Holl : 



a, b, c. Passages between Nonamesset 

 and Naushon IsLinds. 



d. Hadley Harbor 



e,f. Between Long Neck and Nona- 

 messet Island. 

 Wood's Holl Passage : 



a, b, c. OS Nonamesset Island 



d, «,/, g. Off Fncatena Island 



a, ft, <•.' Wood's Holl Passage, between 

 I/ong Neck and Nonamesset Island. 



a, b. Mouth of Great Harbor, Wood's 

 HolL, from off Bar Neck wharf to 

 midway between Mink Point and 

 Parker's Neck. 



Wood's Holl, in the passage- way to 

 the east and south of Ram and 

 Bluff Islands : 



a,b 



c,d 



e,f,g. In Great Harbor 



a,b,c. Wood's Holl, buoy No. 3, Middle 

 Ledge to Lone Rock Spindle. 



a, b, c. Great Harbor, Wood's Holl, 

 near buoys No. 12 and 14. 



Mouth of Great Harbo:*, from Bar 

 Neck to east of Nonamesset Island. 



a,b 



c,d,e,f 



a, b, c, d. Mouth of Great Harbor, from 

 off Bar Neck wharf to midway be- 

 tween Parker's Neck and Nona- 

 messet Island. 



a, b. Mouth of Great Harbor, between 

 Parker's Neck and Lone Rock Spin- 

 dle. 



a, b, c. Mouth of Great Harbor, be- 

 tween Nonamesset Island and Par- 

 ker's Neck. 



a, b, c, d, e. Vineyard Sound, southeast- 

 erly from Nobska Point about § mile ; 

 all near together. 



Vinej^ard Sound, between Nobska 

 Point and Falmouth Harbor. 



a,b,c 



d 



14-2 

 2-3| 



2i-9i 

 3i-124 



3|-5i 

 3| 



8i 



2-3 

 3-5 



4} 



Temperature. 



Nature of bottom. 



Covered with eel-grass 

 Rocky, small stones 



Rocks, gravel, &c. . 

 Rocks, small stones, &c 



Sand, gravel 



Rocks, stones, dead 

 shells. 



....do 



....do 



7-10 

 7-12 



3-61 



3i-4i 



3i-5 

 2|-5i 



3J-5i 

 2i-5i 

 5-10 



li-14 

 1S-14J 



2i-12i 



l-SJ 



6-10 

 4-5i 



Covered with eel-grass 

 Gravel and shells. . 



...do 

 ...do 



Covered with eel-grass 

 Gravel 



Rocks, gravel, small 



stones. 

 Rocks. 



Soft mud . 



...do 



Hard gravel 



Fine gravel, dead 

 weeds. 



Sand, stones 



Sand, gravel 



Gravel, &c . 

 * 



Rocky 



— do 



Rocky, sand 



Gravel, small stones, 



shells 

 Rocks 



Mud and eel-grass . 



Rocks, &c 



Hard gravel , 



Gravel, mud, weeds 

 Gravel, &.C 



Rocks, gravel, small 

 stones. 



Stones, dead shells. 

 Sand, gravel 



